The Equitable Development Data Explorer (AKA: EDDE)
End-to-end UX/UI and visual design for EDDE, a web app that advances fair housing goals for the City of New York.
Organization
NYC Department of City Planning, NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development
Year
Nov. 2021-April 2022 (MVP launch)
Role
UX/UI Design, Visual Design
Most building development in NYC is predicated by zoning laws. But certain land actions require approval through the ULURP process (the City’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure).
Local Law 78 of 2021 mandated a racial-equity study be added into ULURP, to inform policy makers and the public of possible impacts that qualifying land use actions may have.
Background
Requirements
60+ data indicators
neighborhood, borough, and citywide scales
indication of change over time
exporting for racial-equity reports
Our product team (2 designers and 1 product manager) collaborated with stakeholders and engineers to design and ship an MVP solution. My role as a designer included everything from low-high fidelity prototyping, design research, and visual design.
We faced several challenges, including navigating very specific legislative requirements, while also aiming to provide users with accessible data to help shape important conversations around housing and racial equity in New York City. Our team had to figure out how to visualize this data, and present it in a responsive, mobile-friendly way. With no set design system in place, we also created UI design patterns and a style guide from scratch.
After the MVP launch, we conducted research and made several enhancements, including reduced friction in the navigation of datasets, and better affordances on the map.
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A demo of the EDDE showcasing the data visualizations available on the Displacement Risk Map and the Community Data side.
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