What makes some designs good and others bad? Why do some designs work while others don’t? Posts in this category offer thoughtful design critiques of modern digital interfaces, with commentary inspired by Don Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things.”
What is Bionic Reading? Bionic Reading is a new method facilitating the reading process by guiding the eyes through text with artificial fixation points. As a result, the reader is only focusing on the highlighted initial letters and lets the brain center complete the word. In a digital world dominated by shallow forms of reading, …
On social media, image is at the core of how people communicate their thoughts, feelings, events, or even simple jokes. However, a single picture without any description is not always readable to everyone. To people who use screen readers, alt text (alternative text) is essential because it helps them to understand the content and the function of the image.
Miro is an online collaborative whiteboard platform founded in 2011. The product enables distributed teams to work effectively, from brainstorming with digital sticky notes to planning and managing agile workflows. In this article, I evaluate Miro’s interface design based on design principles discussed in Don Norman’s book——The Design of Everyday Things. 1. Initial sign-up page The initial page affords the …
The Infatuation is a New York-based restaurant recommendation iOS application and website known for its witty and unpretentious restaurant reviews and guides. Content on the platform is written and created by a team of trained reviewers whose goal is to deliver trustworthy recommendations to its users on local eateries with a comedic flare.
Strava is an exercise tracker app and social networking tool in one. Users can track their own activities, like and comment the activities of their friends, join groups and complete challenges. Strava’s goal is to provide an easy way to track your activities and see your progress while also allowing you to join groups of likeminded exercisers and encourage your friends.
In this design critique, we’ll examine the user journey for starting an activity in the Strava iOS app.
Pinterest is an image and social platform, with a bevy of features for an inspiring discovery. Users can share and discover visual assets, including images, Gifs, videos, pinboards, and shopping in various topics. This design critique is based on “the Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition” by Don Norman.
Toddle is an all-in-one platform that simplifies curriculum planning, project and portfolio management, assessment and reporting, and online learning. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools to help educators and administrators manage the curriculum development process. The website designed by Toddle is a great example of good design that follows many of the design principles outlined by Don Norman in his book Design of Everyday Things.
Relay is an independent courier company who contracts directly with restaurants, liquor stores, among others. They manage all the delivery system for the restaurant through an app, and having the riders available all over the areas of operation. Thus, the riders can pick up the food and delivery it as soon as possible. Relay operates …
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Notion is a project management and note-taking software platform designed to help members of companies or organisations coordinate deadlines, objectives, and assignments for greater efficiency and productivity. Critiquing design is always a process of identification, analysis and evaluation. Before having the insights, wells-structured in The Design of Everyday Things, these processes afforded questions and judgements …
Apple music is Apple’s native music subscription-based streaming service that aims to help users discover new music and listen to music that they already know and love. The app is a modern replacement to Apple’s iconic iTunes system and marks their shift in focus from enabling music purchasing to streaming from a large music library.