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.”
Almost all modern day customer experiences are integrated with digital infrastructures to support user’s convenience. Today, movie theaters commonly offer web application services where users can purchase movie tickets ahead of time. The Regal mobile app, similarly enables users to find showtimes and buy movie tickets online at a Regal cinema hall nearby. This article […]
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Introduction AllTrails is a fitness app to discover outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, camping, and more. The app helps users explore activities, join a community, and navigate trails all in one place. During the pandemic, millions of people turned to outdoor activities, and AllTrails was at the forefront of helping people do so. The
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RV life is an app that helps users find RV-friendly parks and other pit stops along the path of their route. It allows you to be part of a community where people read and leave reviews about the places they visit and mention the amenities available that might be essential for travel. This critique analyses
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Splitwise is an expense-splitting application that can record expenses and share them with friends or groups. This display is unambiguous in the way it shows who should pay and what amount is due. This design critique focuses on the iOS applications using Don Norman’s principle and concepts from his book “The Design of Everything Things.”
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At first glance an obscure mix of television, movies, and news, IMDB is a dive into what a film website can do to keep itself relevant through a dying age of movie theaters. I took a deep dive into the site’s design with a journey through this ambiguous site using Don Norman’s design principals.
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StreetEasy is an app which allows users to browse NYC Real Estate For Sale and Rent. It provides free map and photo search of rentals, condos, co-ops, lofts, and single family homes in New York City.
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Data Is Plural is a website that provides information on creative and unique datasets as well as sources that can help with better research. Which is why the website is a very useful resource to people who are interested in data, work with data or are just interested in different information. The website is founded
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Foundation is a responsive app that works as an ecosystem of trade, sale, and curation of NFTs (non-fungible tokens). It can be connected with digital wallets to use the cryptocurrency Ethereum as payment for art-digital pieces. It also serves as a platform for artists to curate their art pieces including featured drops, worlds, and trending
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Swoosh.Nike is a new virtual space where everyone interested can collaborate in designing and owning the future of Nike’s digital products through blockchain. People can co-create, build collections, earn royalties, and trade virtual Nike products for digital fashion in web3. The platform promises to use its own NFTs as wearables to incentivize people’s individuality and
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This is a design critique for the iOS app of Netflix – a streaming app. It discusses the main features, design, and comparison with competitors on the basis of Norman’s design principles.
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