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.”
The Reminders app is a core piece of Apple’s ecosystem available on every screen-based Apple product. It gives users the ability to make organized lists, assign due dates for these items and track their completion. Despite its essential function and prevalence across products, the in-app experiences differ drastically across devices. The following is a discussion […]
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The Ticketmaster App aims to make ticketing for events and shows easy by allowing users to find events near them, select their seats, purchase or resell tickets, and store tickets all within the same app. Because the tickets are on the app, it’s convenient for attendees to show up and get in by just scanning
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Imagine stepping into a luxury camping tent, where you have a comfortable mattress perfectly made out for you, while listening to the sound of your campfire and the forest, as you drift away into ultimate relaxation. That’s the essence Tide aimed to capture by integrating sleep, meditation, relaxation, and focus for better physical and mental care.
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Are.na is a social media platform that allows the user to save and organize different digital content like images, videos, and links. It serves as a toolkit to manage and sort information about different topics. The main feature of the product is to create channels and add pieces of information (Blocks) in them. Users can
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Co-Star is an astrology app that uses data from NASA, interpreted by humans and applied by AI, to generate customized readings based on the user’s natal chart. This hyper personalized app “provides an experience centered on the self” by offering daily horoscopes and astrology charts, compatibility reports with other users and friends, and other tailored
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Hopscotch is a mobile coding app designed to teach children aged 10-16 to code by creating games, stories, and art. The primary users are kids, parents, and teachers, though the app is more directly designed for children and adults rather than educators. The browser-based version, ideally used by teachers, offers a variety of tutorials and
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Pokémon Go is a location-based Augmented Reality (AR) game that involves players catching, training, and battling Pokémon; it was developed by Niantic and launched in 2016. It utilizes your smartphone’s GPS and camera to overlay Pokémon into the real world, encouraging you to walk, and to explore your surroundings. Introduction I have not watched the
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Guidebook is an platform that lets you create guides for events and places. It is commonly used by conferences, forums and universities to share schedules and maps that attendees can follow to get to their events on time. For this critique, I will be taking the example of a new student at Pratt Institute who
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In a world filled with capitalists commercializing anything and everything, LiChess offers a refreshing free, ad-free and open source platform that allows players to play chess online. It’s without a doubt loved by every chess user.
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Introduction Goodreads is a household name among avid readers, boasting over 150 million members and a database of more than 3.5 billion books. Launched in 2006, Goodreads is a social cataloging platform where users can track their reading progress, discover new books, and interact with a community through reviews and ratings. The platform was acquired
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