The Design Group Demo Lab
ROLE
Fei Huang / Sr. UX designer & illustrator
Damon Daood / Sr. designer & Manager
RESPONSIBILITY
Develop design concepts
Explore/define design directions and illustration styles Execute designs and produce deliverbles for vendors
Coordinates vendors for printing and instalation
The vision
The Demo Lab should be
- A centralized space for viewing current builds of the Teams application experience across a
spectrum of devices
- Increase visibility for The Design Group and its core design values and philosophy. Infusing a sense
of internal and cross-functional pride amongst Collaboration Technology Group (CTG)
- A Beta Lab for The Design Group UX team to test, brainstorm, prototype
Reserved showcase and demo area for on-campus customer visits within CTG
Floor plans
The exterior wall
The Demo Lab outer wall concept is based on the elements used in the “Inspired Teams” visual language. The colors and shapes are a modular system designed to accommodate a wide variety of messaging while maintaining uniformity (yet organic) presentation. This began at our annual design event d.zone
The interior walls
The graphics inside the demo lab shows both rational and creative side of design minds. It demonstrates one of the core design values and philosophies of The Design Group: user experience design should not be forced or overdesigned and it keeps evolving. The essence of design is the same as first humans interact with nature.
Interviewed designers within The Design Group to get to know their thoughts on the design minds. Asked tow main questions: 1) what is the rational side and creative side of the design to you? 2) what’s the relationship between these two sides?
Visualized the notes:
Interior walls
Sketch out the concepts
Explore what wows and what works.