Bronze A' Design Award in Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design Goes to NewDays Desktop Application by Inn Sun Park and Yoyo Dong

The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Inn Sun Park and Yoyo Dong for interface, interaction and user experience design

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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that NewDays Desktop Application by Inn Sun Park and Yoyo Dong, designed for Igjy, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design category. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Bronze A' Design Award Explained

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

About NewDays Desktop Application

NewDays is a cross-platform product for the new normal work environment. The manner in which teams communicate and collaborate has changed since the pandemic began. The absence of physical interaction has left employees more disconnected than ever. As a result, managers face the challenge of leading a team in a completely virtual setting. NewDays provides managers with the necessary tools to help maintain team morale, oversee performance, identify problems flagged by members, and orient new employees. Multiple design iterations and in-depth research developed the UX/UI of this product.

About Inn Sun Park and Yoyo Dong

Inn Sun Park is a UX/UI and visual designer based in California, USA. She studied Interaction Design and graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Inn Sun is currently designing friendly user experiences for various digital products. She loves to explore and create fun and exciting experiences for users by applying skills and strategies that she has gained through multiple disciplines, including visual, motion, industrial design, and engineering. Inn Sun’s goal as a UX/UI designer is to create a memorable experience for users. Contact me at (sunny_park@na.honda.com)

Award Record

This recognition makes Inn Sun Park and Yoyo Dong a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design Award

The A' Interface Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good user interface designs by the best UI/UX designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interface designers, interaction designers, user experience designers and digital product designers from all countries. Entries typically include websites, mobile applications, software interfaces, game interfaces, wearable interfaces and virtual reality interfaces. Awarded interface designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interface

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/136260
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/136260
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!136260
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/305973
Further Information from the Laureate: http://youtu.be/svImbZcUgH8

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: NewDays Desktop Application
Function: Desktop Application
Category: Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Software
Colors: Snow, Teal, Light Gray, Medium Sea Green and Silver
Images: 5
Client: Igjy

The Recognition

Laureate: Inn Sun Park and Yoyo Dong
Country: United States of America
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2021 - 2022
Design ID: #136260

Credits

Team: Inn Sun Park, Gabriela Sudirja, Jing Qiao and Yoyo Dong

Design Details

Unique Properties: NewDays is a cross-platform product for the new work environment. The absence of face-to-face workplace interactions has left employees more disconnected than ever, and managers are facing the challenge of leading a team in a completely virtual setting. NewDays provides managers with the tools to help maintain team morale, oversee performance, identify problems flagged by members, as well as onboard new employees.
Inspiration: The ways in which teams communicate and work together have changed a lot since the pandemic began. As the new environment brought both advantages and disadvantages, the current methods we use have some difficulties for managers to have an overview, encourage each team member, and to onboard new remote employees. Considering the various remote work environment stress points, we designed a cross platform that would solve problems mentioned above in the current process.
Research: During the initial stage, we created an affinity diagram and interviewed people to understand the current work environment. We discovered many pain points that the managers were experiencing, then we went back to the group of research participants to test our low-fidelity mock-ups. We were able to gain insightful findings around its usability as well as its viability as a proof of concept. We created quick prototypes to A/B test with the group multiple times before finalizing our product design.
Challenge: It was challenging to figure out the core needs for the current remote work environment. We also had to ask multiple questions to come up with our initial product idea. After we decided to set managers as target users for our product because of the product's scalability, we had to spend an extensive amount of time building the ideal user journey for our target users. Simplifying the complicated information on the interface design was also challenging.
Realization and Technology: We used Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, After Effect, and Miro Board to design the UX and UI of this desktop application. In addition, we used many research tools like user journey maps and service blueprints to design the experience.
Operation and Interaction: The home page dashboard is where managers can see things that need their attention. Welcome cards are collaborative cards that are shareable within the team. The project pages display an overview of where the project is at and the timeline the team member needs help with. There is also a section dedicated for resources relevant to the project space that helps transition work more efficiently. The kudos page highlights team's performances throughout their week in a more informal way.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in September 2021 through remote collaboration. It is an ongoing process with updates depending on new needs.
Specifications: Cross-platform desktop application for better work environment and team's communication.
Keywords: Services Design, Desktop Application, Responsive Design, User Experience, User Interface, Interaction Design, Digital Interaction