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.”
Noted is a smart note-taking app that allows users to take notes while recording audio. It’s a great app for whenever you want to quickly jot down notes during a lecture, meeting, or a conference so you can focus more on the present moment. You can go back and listen to the audio to organize …
Zara is a well-known Spanish apparel retailer, specializing in fast fashion, leading design trends for young shoppers and promoting creative design and special materials using. The branding is very strong through out its website and mobile app. However, in terms of functionality of its digital tools, there are a lot to comment.
Timed Tickets vs. Plan your visit vs. Book your visit vs. Free timed ticket While it is common for museums to have call to action buttons or multiple ways to guide the visitors to purchase and reserve tickets, there should be a tasteful and simple way to guide the visitor to this action. MoMA’s homepage …
American Airlines is one of the major airlines in the United States. Similar to their web application, their mobile application allows a guest user or AAdvantage member to book a flight, check their flight status, or find an existing trip, along with a series of other less prominent features, like quickly accessing mobile boarding passes, …
Google Maps is a representative application for geographic information. The app has been helping users to find a place and get more information about the place since 2005. It offers various views of the map such as satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets. Especially, it gives users information on …
If you live in New York and cook frequently, it’s easy to run out of limited kitchen space as you accrue appliances. The Instant Pot Duo Plus is a pressure cooker advertised as a nine-functions-in-one miracle—ready to solve all your culinary woes. This versatile device works as a slow cooker, steamer, saute pan, rice cooker, …
Giphy is a multimedia search engine and content distributor most known for their animated, looping GIFs. Giphy’s many integration platforms include Instagram, Slack, and Twitter, but this critique will focus solely on its mobile app for iOS and the experience it provides for both searching and creating content.
SHAZAM is a popular mobile app that recognizes and identifies music, television shows, and advertisements within seconds by listening to audio snippets. The app can detect any audio and identify it despite ambient noise, so you wouldn’t have to worry about your friends chatting around the table or the clattering of dishes in a restaurant! …
Overview Komoot is route planner app, that is gaining more and more popularity recently. It´s target audience are hikers, runners, cyclists, or simply everyone who wants to explore an area on a bike or by foot. Komoot combines route optimizing technology, GPS, great mapping layer, that is constantly updated with a feedback from active users. Here is a link to a desktop version …
Letterboxd is a social networking app that is devoted to a user’s love of movies. The app allows users to rate movies based on a five-star system and write reviews on movies they have watched. Letterboxd also allows users to create public or private lists on movies and the ability to share movies to Instagram …