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.”
The RealReal is an online consignment store that buys and sells authenticated luxury clothing, accessories and home goods. The website interface is designed for the conventions of consignment stores, in which the user may be a buyer, seller, or both. This critique assesses the balance and usability of these two potential pathways for the user. […]
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Notion is an app that provides an all-in-one workspace for teams as well as individuals. This tool eliminates the struggle to juggle between different programs and tabs by providing an all-inclusive platform, it contains documents, notes, tasks, databases and more aiming to help the user manage workload efficiently. WELCOME TO NOTION After downloading the app
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Costco Wholesale Corporation is a popular American multinational corporation that operates a chain of membership-only big-box retail stores. They are known for their bulk-sales business model that primarily focuses on warehouse purchases instead of online product sales. Their e-commerce website allows members to purchase selected items for delivery. In this post, I will critique the
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Spotify, the worlds’ most popular and widely used music platform, is a digital music and podcast streaming service that gives its users access to a multitude of songs and podcast content from all over the world. In this post, I will critique the functionality, aesthetics and usability of several pages and utilities of the Spotify
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Peloton is a workout streaming platform that can be accessed by anyone who has a Peloton membership. The classes can be streamed live or saved for later. Classes include running, strength, biking, yoga, and more. The layout of the application is easy to use for a variety of people to interact with smoothly.
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banner image credit: https://adsider.com/the-front-page-of-the-internet-reddit-profile/ Reddit is a social media and news aggregator website. Users can join and create communities called “subreddits” that focus on topics, cultures, geographies, fandom or any other area of interest. Engagement takes the form of liking and disliking (“upvoting” and “downvoting”) as well as commenting on, sharing and creating posts. “Subreddits”
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The Airbnb app gives users access to a variety of places to stay across the globe. Airbnb transitioned from a platform to solely book homestay-esque vacations into an end to end travel platform.
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Roomi is a website and application that assists people in finding roommates or sublets all over the world. The application and website assist users in finding anything from month-to-month to full-year leases. Members set up profiles with their housing preferences, chat with possible roommates and organize bookings or viewings. The platform focuses on simplifying finding accommodation,
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Metro-North Railroad, also known as MTA Metro-North, is a suburban commuter rail service run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a public authority of the U.S. state of New York and under contract with the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Metro-North runs service between New York City and its northern suburbs in New York and Connecticut. It
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Twitch is a popular live streaming service and application that allows people to interact with each other through chats and video broadcasts. This streaming platform offers a large variety of topics (music, cooking, lifestyle, etc.), with video games currently being the dominant subject. Twitch is available on their website, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, consoles (PS4,
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