Pair up with someone you haven't worked with recently.
Share your single most surprising finding from D5 usability testing.
Write down the top 3 changes you'll make to your primary platform.
Takumi, will you pray for us today?
Your app has to live somewhere else — and that changes everything.
You'll understand how screen size, input method, and context of use reshape an interface
You'll be able to decide which screens carry, simplify, expand, or get removed for a new platform
You'll have a user flow and sketches for your app on a second device
Every platform has different strengths, constraints, and user expectations.
A watch rewards glanceable info. A tablet rewards rich layouts. A desktop rewards density and keyboard shortcuts. Adapting your app isn't resizing — it's rethinking what the platform is good at and redesigning around that.
What changes, what stays, and how to decide
Tiny → Moderate → Expansive → Wide
Touch → Crown → Keyboard + mouse → Voice + gaze
Where, when, and how long people use each device
Same forming, different rendering.
Think about a fitness tracking app.
The same app, four completely different primary screens.
Users bring expectations from every other app on that platform. Navigation patterns, information density, and interaction models all differ.
Glanceable. 1 action per screen. Sessions < 15 sec. Digital Crown for scrolling.
More room ≠ bigger phone. Split views, sidebars, popovers. Multi-column. Pencil input.
Keyboard shortcuts, hover states, right-click. Dense info display. Persistent navigation.
Minimal interaction. Voice-first. Large touch targets. No reading while driving.
What's one convention on your chosen platform that your phone app doesn't have?
Transaction logging → amount + category only. Dashboard → today's spending total.
Remove: reports, charts, categories. Add: complication with remaining daily budget.
Run through your app's screens — which category does each fall into?
Due Wednesday, Mar 18 @ 5:15pm
You'll build high-fidelity screens for this platform on Day 23.
Work Session (70 min) — Design your second platform
First 10 min: Choose your platform · Next 20 min: User flow · Next 30 min: Sketch screens · Final 10 min: Write rationale
Which platform? — Consider: what would your target user actually use alongside their phone? Which platform creates the most interesting design challenge?
Sketch at actual scale — Trace a real device or use a template. Include real content, not lorem ipsum.
D6: Second Platform Flow + Sketches — due Wed, Mar 18 @ 5:15pm — PDF to Learning Suite
Review the D11 Case Study requirements now
All the work you have done and will do will go into your final case study. Know what's required so you document as you go — not at the end.