Couchbase UX Design Internship

Overview

Project Context

  • Couchbase UX Design Internship 2023

  • Deliverables:

    • Goldfish - user interface

    • Goldfish - instance setup wizard

    • Couchbase Capella - improved information architecture

  • Timeframe: 6 months (July - December 2023)

  • Team: Tejus Krishnan, Skylar Kurth

  • Supervisor: Rob Ashcom

  • Tools used: Figma

Deliverables

  • Interactive prototypes and demos

  • Design system

  • User flows

  • Mockups

  • Personas

My role

  • UI/UX Design

  • Interactions & visuals

  • Design System maintenance

 

Background & Context

Capella: Before

Capella: After

 

Workbench

My exploratory redesign for the Capella workbench.

Analytics

The initial mockup for Analytics, mirroring the three-column layout of the workbench with a left-hand sidebar for navigating data, a central querying terminal, and assistance on the right.

 

Design Iterations

Final Design

Link to interactive demo

Next Steps & Reflection

Next Steps

  • Further iQ integration.

What did I learn?

  • What does “good design” actually mean?

  • Don’t over-instrument your designs

  • Adapting to a new product space and gaining domain knowledge through the work

  • Working on-site with different stakeholders

  • Effective communication skills