OVERVIEWreSTORE is a storytelling marketplace where formerly incarcerated people (FIP) businesses can promote and sell their products and services. We’re an initiative started by Witness to Mass Incarceration, a non-profit dedicated to improving and empowering the lives of incarcerated and formerly-incarcerated people. ABOUT WITNESSFrom invisibility and victimization to empowerment through documentation, leadership training, organizing, and …
Knowunity, Europe’s largest e-learning platform, recently launched its mobile app in the US. Users can share and exchange resources like notes, study sheets, and test preparation materials while using the platform to communicate with other students across the country. This case study focuses on remote usability testing for Knowunity. The testing revealed that users found …
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Introduction We studied Pratt Institute’s website interface to improve the user experience of Pratt’s community in accessing resources regarding counselling and mental health & wellbeing. Pratt Institute aims to assist its community, students, staff and faculty, in maintaining a healthy lifestyle by providing counselling and health resources in collaboration with The JED Foundation; a nonprofit …
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The MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) is one of the largest and renowned museums in the world known for its modern and contemporary art collection. MoMA currently wants to invest in digital learning due to the spike of website traffic from casual learners during the pandemic. However, there is a concern that the pages explored …
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About the Project Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition Services (SITES) is a division of the Smithsonian Institution that creates and manages exhibitions that travel to museums and cultural institutions across the United States and around the world. For over 70 years, SITES has created exhibitions that bring knowledge, discovery, and experiences to people across America and …
Project Overview This website redesign effort for ClimateScience.org was the final project for the “Projects in IXD” course at Pratt Institute’s School of Information. The team members were Yang Cheng (’23), Samika Rastogi (’23), and Derek Frisicchio (’23). The redesign effort was advised by Professor Hasan Hachem. The team at ClimateScience.org was observed having issues …
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RV life is an app that helps users find RV-friendly parks and other pit stops along the path of their route. It allows you to be part of a community where people read and leave reviews about the places they visit and mention the amenities available that might be essential for travel. This critique analyses …
This is a design critique for the iOS app of Netflix – a streaming app. It discusses the main features, design, and comparison with competitors on the basis of Norman’s design principles.
Arc- The Conceptual Model Arc is a new-age browser built by ‘The Browser Company’. Browsers are our gateway to the internet. The mental model that one approaches using this browser with is as follows. Arc sets these achievable goals for the user, but promises to be more than a browser. Arc affords functionality of not …
Too Good To Go is the world’s first app against food waste, helping merchants reduce daily food waste and engaging more people at a low cost. This critique review follows a Too Good To Go user looking for and collecting surprise bags on an iPhone 13.