I have done my graduation in Psychology which gave me a better understanding of human behaviour. On exploring the subject I realized the wonders of human brain and the reasons behind the behaviour. I remember the debate with my professor regarding human behaviour and technology. The date of debate was much before of facebook and twitter age and virtual reality like Minority Report was just a Hollywood movie for me! Then Ted.com, youtube and social networking came into my life which was now more than movies, songs and gallery sharing platform. Then my design journey started and later I realized its not just the branding of companies that we do but its the branding of the people and the society. Its the life that we design by contributing in bits and pieces for the today and tomorrow.
Today distance has become so short that sometimes more than our surrounding we are much aware of galaxy! The technology has made us omnipresent. We have given a new pace and meaning to life through the technology. And interaction is the only key of the success of our story. I believe the good design brings more meaning
to our life. People centered design are always for the better tomorrow.
For the final project in my design school I chose wayfinding as topic. After two months of long user research I found the connection between human and its surrounding. How do they interact with roads, pathways, buildings, gates, colours, surfaces and much more to find their way. Then for solution of my design I started exploring the technology side. It was really fascinating for me to start again the debate I had with my Psychology professor on human behaviour and technology. But this time our perception has changed drastically. After lot of discussions and debates, my design mentor guided me to pursue my career as a user experience designer. And even I was excited after my post graduation to do something like that. So now its been two years I am working in industry as interaction designer.
I am really excited and happy about my work life since I have started. I want to continue this journey with better understanding so I can deliver my best to the society. I want to explore as much sides as I can of interaction design. It definitely making a world better place and I want to contribute for that. And later I would love to share the passion and knowledge so it can bring meaning and motive to others too.
I am expecting the curriculum will make my understanding of the subject better and deeper. The program will help me to understand the process and methodology of interaction design. It will allow my journey to be more fascinated about the bonding of human and technology. I would like to explore the side of interaction which happens beyond eyes and monitor. As we know its the age of data and medias are overflowing with data. So if I could understand the basic principle of data I can convert it to knowledge. The channeling of information is one of the thing I would love to understand.
As I have done my academics in Psychology and Visual Communication so I believe there will be lot more from my end to contribute. I have been working in industry for two years as an interaction designer so I understand the challenges of interaction from a perspective of business, users and designers. In my journey I have gathered a good knowledge of behaviour and design so I believe there will be good amount from my side to contribute on research and aesthetics.
My particular interest in the program is to absorb as much as I can about the technology and to interact through its medium so tangible user interface will be my key attraction. The other big thing I would be looking for is "Interactive Data Visualization". Would love to understand how does a data behave with respect to its energy and principles? As mentioned earlier I believe data is the biggest asset one can have at the age we are living so the key is to channelize it correctly so it can be converted into knowledge.
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