How to Design for IoT?
Designing an application involves of a lot of processes, we can bifurcate the process of application designing into three important steps:
- User Research: The first step of designing for IoT devices is user research. There’s a lot of information that will be gathered so the designer has to analyze the information, understand the trend, and organize data using tools to identify trends and patterns in that data. The role of the designer is to create reports and presentations to present that complex information to other people in the team. Researching about the customers gives valuable insights about the product and software and what things should be improved.
- Wireframing and Prototyping: The second step of the application design is Wireframes and Prototypes. But what are these Wireframes? Wireframes are detailed structural sketches that illustrate a concept. A wireframe for a digital product is similar to a blueprint for a house. Wireframe clearly illustrates how the product functions and the core elements of its design.
- Visual Designing and testing: The final step in application designing process is to Visually design the interface and the hardware using the prototypes and wireframes and test it. In this particular step the designer comes up with creative and innovative design solutions keeping in mind the wireframing and prototypes created before. He/she designs the Interface and creates different visual touch points and establish the interactivity with them. Along with that the interfaces are tested and iterated upon the shortcomings.
Designing for the IoT: Creating Interfaces for Connected Devices
Internet of Things is no more a thing of the past, the last decade saw exponential growth in the devices that run on the principle of Internet of Things and with this increase in IoT devices, IoT design has also been growing and designers are eyeing up for the future of design that is designing experiences and interfaces for Connected Devices. In this article, we will discuss what Internet of Things (IoT) design is. How can we design for connected devices along with some best practices?
Designing for IOT