Design Critiques

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.”

Design Critique: Google Sheets (Web App)

Google sheets is a spreadsheet editor belonging to the Google Workspace collection of applications. Users may create, share, and edit spreadsheets simultaneously with other users for remote productivity and collaboration. While a mobile app now exists, here we’ll be focusing on the widely used web-based application through the lens of Don Norman’s The Design of Everyday […]

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Design Critique: Craft (iOS App)

Craft is a free note-taking application lauded for its minimalist interface. Through this application, users can create notes, organize documents, and search for specific documents or keywords. Furthermore, Craft’s block-based content structure enhances the note-taking experience by enabling users to create subpages, shift content around, and upload multimedia all within a note.  Navigation Bar The

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