Design Critique: Parking Kiosk

The Pay-by-Plate parking kiosks were recently installed throughout the city of Philadelphia to improve the overall parking experience for Philadelphia’s residents and visitors. This new kiosk is designed with features such as make payments, four languages, additional receipt options, solar-powered, and tracks payment by license plate number.  Homepage The homepage design is quite simple. This

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Design Critique: Spotify (Mac Desktop App)

SPOTIFY is an audio streaming service (free or subscription-based) available via web browser and desktop or mobile apps. It affords searching, organizing, sharing, and of course playing of audio content, including albums, books and podcasts.  The convenience of addressing the ‘entire activity of music enjoyment’ is noted by Don Norman himself in The Design of

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DESIGN CRITIQUE – RIDEPATH (IOS APPLICATION)

Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a ‘rapid’ transit system in the Northeastern New Jersey cities of Newark,Harrison,Jersey City,Hoboken,Lower and Midtown Manhattan in New York city. This application provides the user real time countdown information, schedules, trip-planning, train routes and alerts – all in one convenient place. Initial Screen/Page – PathRide’s first encounter with the user

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Design Critique: Amazon Music (App)

Background Amazon Music is a music streaming platform and online music store operated by Amazon. It aims to provide users high-quality music everywhere and improve the music listening experience all the time.  Overall Feeling and Homepage The overall design of Amazon Music is simple and modern. The album pictures on the homepage are attractive, and the group of the songs

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Design Critique: Airbnb (Android App)

Airbnb, Inc. is an online platform for arranging or offering lodging, homestays, or experiences. It acts as a mediator for hosts and travelers. The company was conceived after its founders put an air mattress in their living room, effectively turning their apartment into a bed and breakfast, in order to offset the high cost of rent in San Francisco; Airbnb is

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