Tiantian Xu | Portfolio

Hello! My name is Tiantian. I’m a user experience & interaction designer seeking full-time employment starting from summer 2012.

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BrightWire UI Redesign
BrightWire is a financial startup in New York City that provides real-time news service to business professionals. During the summer 2011 I worked at BrightWire as UX consultant to evaluate and redesign one of their most profitable products' UI.

Mockup & Prototype Sketching Usability Testing Web Design

BookWhiz: E-Reader App Design
I attended the SXSW interactive conference 2012. On the bus I shared my design idea and formed a team to attend the SXSWi Mix & Pitch Party. We pitched our idea to a panel of VCs and entrepreneurs. Later, we received fundings and decided to form a startup.

Mockup & Prototype Mobile App Design Sketching

LectureTools: iPad App Design
I worked as product manager and interaction designer for a client to prototype their LectureTools iPad application, a student iPad app that allows students to relay feedback to their instructor in real-time during lecture.

Mockup & Prototype Mobile App Design Sketching Usability Testing

UM Library OJF Usability Evaluation
In this project, my team evaluated the usability, usefulness, and acceptability of an interactive system, the UM Library Online Journal Finder, and provided the practical recommendations to help them enhance user experience.

Usability Testing Contextual Inquiry Web Design

Pervasive Interaction Mobile App
I illustrated a pervasive computing mobile app for general public who want to discover new thing at a street level. The goal of this app is to enhance the experience of inhabiting, occupying, or passing through the city spaces.

Mobile App Design Mockup & Prototype Sketching

TagVid: Video Tagging Website
Based on an idea from Google TV Design Jam, my team designed and developed a video tagging that allows users to search by video/product, tag product and make purchase based on the tagging information.

Mockup & Prototyping Sketching Web Design

MichiganDailyProject

TMD Housing Website Design
My team designed a Drupal-based website for The Michigan Daily to provide housing information that allows students, landlords, and property owners to search or advertise for housing with a University of Michigan focus.

Web Design Information Architecture

KelseyMuseumProject

The Kelsey Museum Contextual Inquiry
My team examined how information flows throughout the Kelsey Museum by contextual inquiry, data analysis, and modeling. Four major recommendations were raised to help illuminate the challenges presented in the Kelsey.

Contextual Inquiry