The weekly challenge this week was to redesign your partner’s desk. I paired up with Hannah who lives in Zurich so we chose to have a video call interview in which we each got a chance to understand the other user’s space, then we got together a few days later to show our ideas.

This blog post will take you through the process with a reflection on the whole process at the end.

My partner

Hannah Cattanach - same UX cohort as me

Interview questions

These were prepared in advance with the help of the materials from uni. I focused on understanding how the space was currently used as well as identify painpoints. The answers are the notes taken during the interview and therefore are in a looser style

What activities do you use your desk for?

working - uni work, applying for jobs, life admin

storage

reminding myself of things

shelf of dumping things

play games sometimes on steam

feels like workspace

sit at desk to work, to do something, to book holiday, sort something out, dont sit at desk to chill out appart from after seminar chats

How many people use your desk?

solo use, no sharing with lukas (husband)