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.”
Co-Star is a popular astrology app for Gen Z (18-25 in the US) iPhone users, for it’s ability to provide easy to digest birth charts, advice for the day based on your planet transits, and a social aspect to compare and contrast charts with your added friends. (It should be noted that these daily horoscopes have been criticized for promoting negativity in users in the past.)
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Shazam is a music discovery app that allows users to identify recorded audio in mere seconds. In addition to surfacing song titles, artist information, time-synced lyrics, and music videos, Shazam offers Spotify and Apple Music integrations so that identified tracks can be saved to playlists.
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Ubiquiti Inc.’s UniFi OS is an all-in-one network device managing software. UniFi OS allows users to set up connected Ubiquti devices such as network routers, switches and wireless access points. Users can also monitor network traffics and client devices, while having advance features such as port forwarding and network isolations for a robust network setup.
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Co–Star is an mobile Astrology application that gained major adoption among the Gen Z population. In fact the company boasts that “25% of young women in the US (18-25) have downloaded Co–Star” in just four years. The primary functions of the app are to provide daily horoscopes to users and compatibility assessments among friends.
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Audible is an online platform that allows users to purchase and stream audiobooks and other spoken-word content. This article is a design critique based on the principles and concepts from Don Norman’s book i.e ‘The Design of Everyday things’ (revised edition, 2013)
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Getir is a delivery service app that promises to provide grocery items of necessity in minutes. Founded in Turkey in 2015, it expanded internationally within years, and recently it has launched in New York City. It has a clear and understandable layout that highlights the products. Initial Login The application follows a very typical format
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Zara is a world renowned spanish apparel retailer based in Arteixo, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The company specializes in fashion products including clothing, accessories, footwear and beauty. Zara has a strong presence in the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, Europe, Latin America and Asia. They launched their website in 2010 and mobile based application in 2017.
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Miro is an online white-boarding tool that aids in virtual collaborations, team meetings and ideation sessions. This post uses concepts from Don Norman’s book – The Design of Everyday Things, and critically analyzes the desktop tool.
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Ebay.com is a US-based e-commerce company where sellers sell and buyers buy both new and used items, such as clothing, accessories, home decor, furniture, electronic equipment, cars, sporting goods, collectibles, and more. This critique will be from the viewpoint of a user shopping for women’s clothing. The Main Homepage The homepage (Figure 1) is loaded
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The iOS built-in calendar App supports users to track dates, arrange events, and set reminders. As a built-in App, its apple store rate is only 2.6 out of 5. This article would critique the calendar App based on some concepts discussed in Don Norman’s book- The Design of Everyday Things. 1 – Add an event
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