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.”
Are.na is a popular visual organization tool to publicly or privately curate and search for creative content online. With an Are.na account, users can collaboratively build collections and connect blocks of digital material such as text, images, and URLs. This design critique focuses on the Are.na iOS app on an iPhone. 1.Adding content The action […]
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Slack unifies all the services needed for a team to communicate efficiently and effectively. It supports tools such as one-on-one direct messaging, calling, and topic-based group conversations, while making it easy to incorporate other administrative apps and share files in all communications. Getting Started When a user logs into a new workspace, they are greeted
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Strategy Google drive is designed for people to manage their file like docs, slides, or tables online. It also a cloud cooperation platform for users to share and collaborate, by inviting others to view, edit, or leave comments on any of the files or folders. Google drive is accessible to all users over the world
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Introduction Bilibili.com, which is also called B-site, is one of the most trending video websites used in China today. It is especially popular among the younger generation. Originally, it provides contents based on animation, comic, and games (ACGs). Now, more and more daily life videos are being uploaded by creators, ranging from music, dancing, science
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At present, Chinese e-commerce companies attach great importance to offline retail, because online traffic is approaching saturation, and offline retail still has great potential. In the next few years, Tencent will invest many resources in “smart retail”, trying to bridge the gap between online and offline. Meiriyouxian is an O2O e-commerce platform supported by Tencent.
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What does Notion do? Notion is an application that provides various components such as notes, tasks, databases, billboards, wikis, calendars, and reminders. Users can create their own systems for information management by customizing these components based on their needs. These components can be used independently or collaborate with others across the platform. In this article,
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What does PACKLANE.COM do? Packlane is a website for creating and ordering custom boxes and packaging. Its platform allows users to adding their designs on their choice of packaging types. Besides providing a designing dashboard for customers, packlane also includes many inspirations and works to showcase product from previous customers. The unique and creative website
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Get Canopy For many New York City dwellers, winter is marked by the notably hot, dry air emanating from their apartment radiator, sparking a renewed online search for a humidifier that is effective, easy to use, and hygienic. Canopy, a new humidifier designed specifically to eliminate the mold that commonly grows in humidifier tanks, is
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The New York Times is one of the biggest newspapers in the US. With its wide coverage of daily news on politics, business, tech, etc worldwide, I want to closely investigate the homepage on how its web experience is designed with heavy information needed to be presented referencing Cooper’s principle of design. The Structure At
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Why Humanscale? Through the pandemic, I succumbed to the realization that having a chair that facilitated good poster was going to be essential to work from home effectively. I’m a full-time student, but I also work full-time at the moment. I’m sitting to work on projects, listen to class lectures, do homework. It’s a lot
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