Michal Arieli
Illustrator | Designer
M.DES PROJECTS
The projects presented below were part of my master's studies in an integrated design
Platform for Interactive Location Based Stories
Overview
One of the challenges facing cities is to drive a process that will foster encounters and interactions between people and communities. The Story to Go project seeks to do this by creating a dynamic, layered urban storytelling network.
The aim of this project was to create a platform that encourage creative storytelling and relevat to its users
Design Process
Defining the problem
User research: Interviewing creatives and potential users
Market reserch: Mapping the existing platorms, their advantagese and disadvantages
Designing a new platform: Characterization and sketching a visual language
Prototyping: Developing initial map of stories
CITY TRENDS
Visual research of ad boards in Tel Aviv
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Overview
This visual research was aimed to show how ad boards are serving as a self organizing tool in a complex system like a big city and may serve as agents of trends. The content of the boards is changing in different areas of the city, and the ads are tend to draw to the board more of the like
Research Process
Defining the research question
Field research: Documenting ad boards in different neighborhoods
Analysis and conclusions
UNIFIED EXPERIENCE
Service design workshop at Holon Design Museum
Team members: Pirchi Bar, Noa Kress, Anat Lidsky, Michal Arieli
Overview
Holon Design Museum is central and essential for the local designers and design lovers community. The aim of this project was to suggest improved services for potential visitors.
The tools we have designed offered virtual walls to enlarge museum space and prolong the time of stay; app to keep ongoing relationship with the visitors and one signing system for a better navigation.
Design Process
Defining the needs: Mapping the stakeholders, interviewing them and presenting a customer journey of different personas
Research: How things are done in other museums around the world
Design thinking: Ideation, sorting ideas and focusing
Designing holistic service system and presenting it to the client