Design Critique: RA Guide (iOS app)

RA Guide is a Resident Advisor’s mobile app for discovering electronic music events, venues, and artists. Users can browse and filter nightlife listings by date and city, follow artists, promoters, and venues, and buy and display tickets in-app. This critique examines RA Guide’s browsing, filtering, and ticketing design using concepts from Don Norman’s The Design

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Design Critique: Apple Music (iOS app)

Introduction Apple Music is a subscription-based music streaming platform created by Apple, offering access to over 100 million songs alongside curated playlists, personalized recommendations, and offline listening. I have been an active Apple Music user since 2020. Though the majority of the time I am satisfied with the interface, there are some features that I

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Fig. 1: Feature introduction in Accessibility menu. The text reads 'You'll get a notification when a sound is detected. Depending on your settings, your device may also vibrate or flash the camera light.'

Assistive Technology: Sound Notifications

Sound Notifications is an accessibility feature for Android phones designed to improve environmental sound awareness for individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, in order to make important household sounds more accessible. Through the phone’s notifications, camera flash, or vibration motor, users are alerted whenever a particular type of sound is detected by the

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Assistive Technology: Universal Cuff Utensil Holder

An adaptive utensil holder is an assistive device designed to help people who have difficulty holding and controlling utensils. Instead of helping users hold utensils more firmly with their hands, its operation logic is to secure the utensil directly to the user’s hand. This simple and basic design allows people with limited hand strength or

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