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.”
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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The COVID pandemic hurts the world economy badly but brings a positive impact in one industry, which is the gaming industry. I’m a gamer, but before COVID I only watch gaming videos when I am stuck in a game. However, during the pandemic, I spent much more free time to watch e-sports or live streaming
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About MUJI is a Japanese retail company which offers a wide variety of good quality items from stationery to household items and apparel around the world. MUJI’s brand idea is “no-logo” or “no-brand”, and it is also famous for its minimalist design philosophy. The homepage of MUJI in the US is different from other regions’
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Venmo is a digital wallet app that can be used to conduct personal or business-related payments. It’s a service that has gained popularity in the past few years, and having been around for a while, it’s rolled out some new features. The mobile app has undergone a recent redesign, so I’d like to examine the
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National Grid is one of the world’s largest investor-owned energy companies; they are committed to delivering electricity and gas safely, reliably, and efficiently to all their customers in the communities they serve. Their website states that they work closely with customers, partners, and communities to develop solutions to the problem we might face. However, their
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Headspace is an app for mindfulness and meditation. Its recent growth in content and users is accompanied by modifications to the app’s design and features. This critique intends to highlight positive and negative attributes of Headspace’s digital interface, using concepts laid out in The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman. Search Function Every primary
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Duolingo is an application that gives users the opportunity to learn over 30 different languages on their electronic devices. The app provides short courses meant to be taken daily that users can access for free. In this post I be using concepts from Don Norman’s ‘The Design of Everyday Things’ to critique the design of
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Google Photos is an online photo storage and sharing website, used by many as an easy way to house one’s photos. It gives users free storage for up to 16 megapixels of photos and videos. It was released in 2015 and currently has over 1 billion users. Affordance – Exiting out of an individual photo
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