Author name: Youyuan Wang

Beyond Street Furniture: How Bollards Shape Urban Inclusion

Ever notice those small stone or metal posts on sidewalks that quietly direct where you can and can’t go? Most of us walk past bollards without a second thought. But try pushing a stroller, using a wheelchair, carrying groceries, or crossing a busy street, and suddenly these objects matter. Their material, shape, and spacing affect […]

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Super Veggie USABILITY TESTING REPORT

Context | Extending the Meal Experience Into Sleep Tracking Inspired by Bryan Johnson’s longevity protocol, Superveggie began as a couple-owned meal delivery service in 2022 that offered ready-to-eat organic meals. This fall, Superveggie took a deliberate step forward by launching an MVP of sleep tracking feature in its original meal delivery app, attempting to broaden

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Design critique: Hume AI’s Hero Section

Hume AI is a text-to-speech (TTS) product whose primary selling point is its advanced emotional intelligence (EI). Emotion is, after all, the most powerful tool of voice—amplifying meaning, tone, and impact in text. Since achieving natural-sounding TTS has become largely a solved problem, the differences between products in basic voice quality are shrinking (or just

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