The Diagnostic Game
Tekkeikan is a kendo club based in Schöneberg, Berlin.
In case you were wondering, here you can find out what kendo is about. Founded in 2011, it’s one of the most popular dojo in the city, and it currently holds the title of the 2023 Berlin Kendo Championship. After updating their logo, I was also entrusted with a re-styling of the website. It’s a work-in-progress project, but here you can have an idea about how it started and how it is developing.
New look for Tekkeikan’s existing website, keeping the same content but re-organizing the design architecture.
The main goal: attract new potential members to the club.
November 2023 - Ongoing
UX, UI and visual design, creating a high-fidelity prototype for delivery to developers.
Conducting competitive audits, paper and digital wireframing, low and high-fidelity prototyping, icon design, proposals on design architecture, and iterating on designs.
What I've Learned
With this project, I feel I've grown not just professionally but also on a personal level. Serving as a project leader meant honing my communication and organizational skills. Believing in my ideas was essential to gain trust of both management and the development team, whose collaboration made the product evolve even more interestingly and effectively.
Furthermore, this project provided a valuable opportunity for ethical reflection regarding the game's objectives. Working in the marketing department at the time, it wasn't a given that the user was at the forefront of their priorities. Advocating for UX principles and effectively communicating them, helped bring the entire team on board and cooperate smoothly.