David Ko

Education

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  BrainStation

  2023 - 2023

  Diploma User Experience Design

  The UX Design Bootcamp introduced students to a systematic approach towards creative problem-solving, using industry-standard frameworks Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design. We engaged every challenge using proven methods and techniques to navigate within a vague and often overwhelming problem space to uncover the opportunities for design intervention, and then leveraged powerful design tools of today to quickly generate, test and improve ideas that ultimately meets or exceed the needs of… Show more The UX Design Bootcamp introduced students to a systematic approach towards creative problem-solving, using industry-standard frameworks Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design. We engaged every challenge using proven methods and techniques to navigate within a vague and often overwhelming problem space to uncover the opportunities for design intervention, and then leveraged powerful design tools of today to quickly generate, test and improve ideas that ultimately meets or exceed the needs of the end users. Show less

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  Simon Fraser University

  2005 - 2010

  Bachelor of Arts School of Interactive Arts & Technology

  Graduated with dual concentration in Design and Media Arts — the Design concentration specializes in Interaction Design theory & practices, while the Media Arts concentration explores the creation of traditional multimedia & experimental interactive art.The School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) is an interdisciplinary research-focused school program where technologists, artists, designers and theorists collaborate in innovative research and immersive study.

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  BrainStation

  2021 - 2021

  Certificate UX Design and UI Design

  Completed two separate BrainStation remote certificate programs (UX Design and UI Design), in which both began concurrently in Fall 2021.In UX Design, we learned a systematic approach to the creative-problem solving process with industry-standard frameworks Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design, using up-to-date methods and tools that are necessary to build user-focused solutions for today’s digital age: empathizing with the end user, defining ambiguous problem spaces to discover… Show more Completed two separate BrainStation remote certificate programs (UX Design and UI Design), in which both began concurrently in Fall 2021.In UX Design, we learned a systematic approach to the creative-problem solving process with industry-standard frameworks Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design, using up-to-date methods and tools that are necessary to build user-focused solutions for today’s digital age: empathizing with the end user, defining ambiguous problem spaces to discover opportunities, ideating rapidly and iteratively, prototype out ideas for evaluation, and testing with end users to validate and improve until launch.In UI Design, we dove into the fundamentals and nuances of creating the visual elements inside apps and software, in a way that any user will intuitively understand at first glance. We learned to apply our knowledge with the industry-leading design tool Figma to create clear and delightful user interfaces. Show less