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introd

Career interest
Interaction Design, Usability, Web based design applications, about me
Design Management, Business Development, Research.
I am a keen observer with innate leadership qualities,
multitasking capabilities, excellent graphical, analytical
and logical ability.
Qualification
Post Graduate diploma in User interface design
Fast learner with desire to constantly update my current
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad | 2007-current
set of skills. I am not afraid to take risks or to make
Bachelor of Computer science Engineering mistakes but I make sure not repeat them.
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune | 2003-2006
I am 100% committed , attentive to detail and relentlessly
Diploma in Computer Engineering tenacious towards any task undertaken.
SSVPS Polytechnic, Dhule (MSBTE Bombay) | 2000-2003

Technical skills
Adobe Creative Suite | Corel Draw | Macromedia Flash
SketchUp | Microsoft Office | 3D Studio Max| Sound Forge.

Good understanding of
Object Oriented Programming, Basic Action Script

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BiPP
Bill presentment and payment application for Interactive TV

BiPP is an application that allows it’s viewers to pay

household bills through a two way interactive TV.

The study was focused on social importance and emotional involve-

ment of Indian users while paying household bills, also technological
possibilities of 2-way interactivity on TV was taken into consider-
ation.

The designed concept has attempted to solve the user’s problem by

combining the selective features of e-commerce and interactive TV,
which is termed as T-commerce.

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fig. 01 fig. 02

BiPP
Bill presentment and payment application for Interactive TV

Process Followed
• Studied the technology used in the Interactive TV.
• Studied existing interactive television services and interfaces.
• Studied existing design standards for television.
• Worked on scenarios and see how the system will work.
• Field study to find out what the administration and users have
to say about the application.
• Found out loop holes in the existing interfaces.
• Came up with a new business model.
• Designed the new application, described the
primary, secondary and value added features.
• Designed a GUI for the application.
fig. 03 fig. 04

fig. 01 - findings from the field study. fig. 02 - the proposed business model. fig. 03 - icon showing the
new bill arrived on live screen. fig. 04 - the application screen

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Easy Measure
E-learning website to help kids learn about measurements.

The project aimed at designing e-learning site for user group, (kids
of age group 9-12 years).

The needs arising out of the importance and complexity of maths

and measurement in day to day life. The designed site is enhanced
to teach the generalities in measurement subject. The interactive
and animated elements, games and activities on the site makes the
learning experience more impactful and interesting for kids.

The designed site is a simple interactive tool for kids indulging

them in learning while playing. The content of the site also provides
information which can be used by teachers and parents to enhance
their knowledge about measurements.

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fig. 01

Easy Measure
E-learning website to help kids learn about measurements.

Process Followed
• Analyzed existing e-learning websites to know what exists out
fig. 02 there.
• Decide on the subject and the target user of the website.
• Conceptualizing the subject and deciding the contents of the
site.
• Information Architecture by categorization and grouping.
• Paper Prototyping for rapid testing.
• Heuristic Evaluation so as to make the site more usable.
• Flash Prototype to give it a more real like feel.

fig. 01 - the website screen.

fig. 02 - information architecture

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proj product interfaces

Bowl..IT
Bowling Interactive Trainer kit for cricketers.

Bowl..IT kit is designed to act as a users personal

bowling trainer, helping them to enhance their
bowling skills.

The kit contains a interactive kiosk, a large display screen and

cameras. It provides users with immediate feedback on
comprehensive and accurate trajectory analysis including ball
speed, hand angle, ball spin, ball line-length and swing path
measurements. It has feature of creating and storing several
bowlers profile and also providing them personal tips and tricks
on improving their skills.

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fig. 01 fig. 02

Bowl..IT
Bowling Interactive Trainer kit for cricketers.

Process Followed
• Conceptualization of the idea.
• Observing the bowlers behaviour while bowling and how it
changes.
• Understanding the difference in bowling during match and net
practice.
• Basic user study through interview and contextual inquiry
• Cognitive and physical ergonomics to design the product
• Anthropometry to find the exact dimension
• Information architecture and the navigational map of the
application.
Fig. 01 - the virtual screen used as net for practice. Fig. 02 - the
kiosk screen. Fig. 03 - screen displaying the bowler’s statistics • Designing the GUI and icons.
fig. 03

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CAReAT
Interactive Kiosk for Surat’s Diamond market.

CAReAT is designed to provide needful diamond

related information to the stakeholders for buying
and selling the precious stones.

This interactive kiosk allows users to enter and retrieve the

details about diamonds and the brokers. The designed GUI is
fast and intuitive, allowing the stakeholders to experience the
fast and error free transactions.

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CAReAT
Interactive Kiosk for Surat’s Diamond market.

Process Followed
• System level understanding of the diamond industry.
• Understanding each aspect of diamond from mine to market.
• Literature Review on the process of buying and selling of
diamonds.
• Field study of the diamond market in surat, gujarat.
• Questionnaire and Contextual Enquiry for Insights and Direction.
• Studying the existing standards for designing touch screen
interface.
• Anthropometry to find the dimension of the koisk
• Information architecture and the navigational map of the
application.
• Designing the kiosk and the GUI interface.

zinal patel | interface design | NID 08

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DuOld
Dual screen interface product for elderly who loves to read

The aim of the project was to design a simple, easy to

use interactive device for elderly people with age of
50 years and more.

An interactive device with dual screen interface helps user to keep

them inform about the current affairs through e-newspaper and
e-magazines, which are delivered to the device every morning.

This project was done as part of a two week course of UI

prototyping. It involved going through an entire product design and
development life cycle, including idea generation, concept development,
testing and manufacturing or implementation of a physical product.

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fig. 01 fig. 03

DuOld
Dual screen interface product for elderly who loves to read

Process Followed
• Selected Target Audience to focus on their needs and requirements.
fig. 02 fig. 04 • Field Study and Observation of the user group to learn about their
actvities
• Persona to detail out the character of the user.
• Brain Storming and Categorization to find a product topic.
• Topic Refinement.
• Form Exploration of the product.
• Featuresto be included in the product.
• Designing the Interaction between product and user.
• Designiing the GUI of the application
• Model Making in Thermocol and MDF.
• Story Boarding to tell the features of the product.
• Advertisement in Flash to sell the product
Fig. 01 - the pictured user group during the field study. Fig. 02 - the sketches of the persona. Fig. 03 - the interface
screens of the device. Fig. 04 - the scenario depicted in form of flash animation

zinal patel | interface design | NID 10

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mAdapter
mobile phone adapter with memory storage

What happens to your valuable phone contacts, when your mobile is

lost or stolen?? 100% chances are that you cannot retrieve it back.

But the answer to the question is memory enabled

cellphone adapter, which has the capability to backup
your phone contacts when you charge the phone.

mAdapter have its internal memory in form of flash memory chip,

which is commonly used in USB flash drives. The communication
between the adapter and the phone is possible with the Bluetooth
technology, which is a wireless protocol for exchanging data over
short distances.

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fig. 01 fig. 03
mAdapter
mobile phone adapter with memory storage

fig. 02
fig. 04
Fig. 01 - clips to put the wire, avoiding the wire entanglement.
Fig. 02 - litted LED shows the mobile is charged. Fig. 03 - streak of light
displas the data transfered progress. Fig. 04 - flash memory chip being
used in Pen-drives.
Features
• Beeping sound when the adapter is kept plugged when
not in use.
• Requests backup whenever the phone is kept for
charging.
• Supports 3 profiles for seperate data backup.
• Adapter bluetooth starts automatically when phone is
connected to it.
• Clips to fix the wire, avoiding the wire entanglement.
• LED to represent the charged cellphone.
• Displays the progress of the data transfer.
• Clips to fix the wire, avoiding the wire entanglement.
• Grip to help unplug the charger eassily.
• Measurement scale on wire for measurement purpose.

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cornob
digital weighing + serving bowl for the retail kirana shops

The form is an inspiration from corn with

a cob.

Cornob is a serving bowl for kiranawallas.

The main feature of this product is it has a in-built weighing scale
enabling shopkeepers to pick the food items as well as know the
exact weight at one go while selling the item. With use of cornob
the food items can be saved as well as making the selling process
fast. kiranawalla doesn’t have to go to and fro to measure the exact
weight.

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RE 3 REcycle.REuse.REduce
bus stops to promote sense of sustainability

RE3 is a concept of building the city bus stops to

promote the sense of enviromental sustainibility
among society.
The known waste heirarchy is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Recycling and reusing the waste, needs some kind of infrastructure.
But biggest of the three is Reduce and it can be achieved only by
changing the human behaviour. Infact it can be achieved without
almost zero cost.

Figure below shows the side view of the bus stop representing the
symbol of REduce, REuse, REcycle.

Recycle

Reuse Reduce

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RE 3 REcycle.REuse.REduce
bus stops to promote sense of sustainability

The concept of the bus stop is inspired from the derived symbol.

As the figure shows the down arrow is named Reuse, represents

that the material used to build the platform is being reused or will
be reused in future.

The up arrow is named recycle, represents that renewable source

of energy is being recycled to some other source like electricity
being used by digital information screen and CFL tubes. The
material used are also recycled or reused.

The Reduce remains with humans, and they need to contribute to

attain environmental sustainability.

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 o r k composition
oth er w festivals of india

visual balance symmetry rhythm harmony contrast

ganesh chaturthi diwali navratri uttrayan holi

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Open elective - course work

Brief of the course was to make a light

fixture or light installation taking into
consideration the shadow formed by it.

Flip Flap - a design fixture which can be

flipped on either side, forming interesting
shadow patterns.

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GUI course work - cultural significance of colors
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 o r k photography
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 o r k photography
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 o r k graphic design
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promotional poster for diabetes awareness

invitation cards for cultural fest

graphics for software’s package

poster for summer camp event

t-shirt design for a online community

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 o r k graphic design
oth er w for NID Gandhinagar cultural fest

invitation cards for cultural fest

t-shirt design for NIDG cultural fest logo design for the fest t-shirt design for NIDG cultural fest

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clay modelling

rangoli on the eve of diwali winning participation in street play

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 co n t a c t

zinal patel
dob 4th June, 1983

academic Software & User Interface Design

batch 2007-09
NID, Ahmedabad - 380007

home 20, ShivShakti Row-house

Nr. VidyaKunj School
Honey Park Road
Adajan, Surat - 395009

e-mail zinal_p@nid.edu
ziinalpatel@gmail.com

phone +91 - 9909 652 652

view more photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/zinalpatel

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 thank you

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