Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking platform that allows users to post and share multimedia and other contents. In this article, I will critique Tumblr iOS app based on the design principles and concepts mentioned in Don Norman’s book The Design of Everyday Things. Navigation Once logged in, users are directed to the home …
ColorBrewer 2.0 is a simple and effective webpage created by Cynthia Brewer, Mark Harrower, and The Pennsylvania State University. It is used as a diagnostic tool for evaluating and designing color schemes, particularly in the context of cartography. Its success is based in its limitations, with only 165 possible color schemes, users choose a variety …
Genius is a highly sought-after American media company, founded in 2009. It aims at spreading music knowledge, from song lyrics to the artist and the stories behind the creation. The company offers musicians, editors, contributors and, fans to explore, discuss, and understand the deeper meaning behind the music. Genius’s application is available on Playstore and Appstore.
Critiquing the design of Tile’s device and mobile app interfaces indicate minor usability problems but an otherwise seamless and highly understandable and usable design that satisfies user needs.
Yelp is an application with the mission “to connect people with great local businesses”. It is a platform where users are able to locate restaurants, dentist, hair stylist, mechanics, local businesses and other services nearby. Almost 80% of the searches on Yelp are done through its mobile app with restaurants being the most reviewed business …
Spotify is a popular music-streaming service that provides its users with access to millions of songs from a multitude of creators. WIth a Spotify account, a user can save their preferred music and access it from any device that supports Spotify—including mobile phones, computers, and web browsers. This design critique focuses on Spotify’s app for iOS devices.
The World Bank is one of the foremost providers of global development data. Through its Open Data website, users can find, visualize, and download hundreds of datasets. This design critique will focus on this example page, since many users will land on a page like this without seeing the homepage (as I have in my …
Design Critique: World Bank Open Data (desktop site) Read More »
Project Brief: The goal of this project was to ensure that the users of Alexander Street Press, a video and primary source archive for educational programming, were met with the highest possible satisfactory landing page. One that would aide in sign-up statistics and let the users know what it is that Alexander Street has that …
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Project Summary Timeline My Role Goal January – May 2019 I was a UX designer, designing this product end-to-end from research to prototype To completely transform the university library’s website in order to provide help to undergraduate students at their points of need Problem Statement How Might We make it easier for undergrad …
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About the Project Overview: This project involved redesigning the information architecture and improving the user experience of Seton Hall University Libraries website. The Seton Hall University Libraries support excellence in academic and individual work, enable inquiry, foster intellectual and ethical integrity and respect for diverse points of view through user-focused services and robust collections as the intellectual …
SHU Design Story by Armon Burton of Curious Solomon Read More »