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Assignment 1: 2 Objects

Lydia Alexkartadjaja

Monday, Aug 29, 2016 - 11:03:47 am

@ lydialex

Question

Choose two objects that you use every day (you cannot pick mobile phones or laptop/computer) and analyze their design using the principles described in Chapter 1 of The Design of Everyday Things. Imagine describing what the object is and what it’s designed to do to someone who has never seen it before. Is it intuitive or frustrating? Come up with three Read more →

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Assignment 1: Reading Response

Lydia Alexkartadjaja

Monday, Aug 29, 2016 - 10:44:37 am

@ lydialex

Response to reading from CH 1 Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things  (1988)

The first time I read the text, I frowned. Firstly, I did not use the older type of telephone that much when I was young. I held my mother’s mobile phone already when I was in elementary school. Hence, I had a hard time imagining the example Read more →
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Assignment 1: Maps

Lydia Alexkartadjaja

Monday, Aug 29, 2016 - 10:43:08 am

@ lydialex

Question

Find two maps of a building or place you have visited – one map is badly designed and the other is well designed. Be prepared to explain your examples and bring maps to class.

Think of a time you were lost in a place and write in your journal how and why you got lost. What about the user experience Read more →

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Assignment 1 Part 4: Response Reading

Pearlynn

Sunday, Aug 28, 2016 - 06:01:04 pm

@ Artefactually Lost

The Design of Everyday Things Donald A. Norman

Reading the text enabled me to observe everyday objects in a more detailed manner. You wouldn’t have had realised that the design, shape and material of the everyday item has a meaningful purpose! I picked up some keywords utilised when making a product such as affordances, mapping, constraints and visibility. The terms cultivates the Read more →

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Assignement Week 1 - Part 4

Florent Ziegler

Sunday, Aug 28, 2016 - 12:22:35 pm

@ Florent Ziegler

Response to the 1st chapter of Donald Norman’s The Design of Everyday things

As well as D. Normal, I feel like feedback is an essential component of our experience as users and should really be taken into account by the designers. In my experience, I have found that sound feedback is one of the most important component of user experience. Read more →

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Assignement Week 1 - Part 3

Florent Ziegler

Sunday, Aug 28, 2016 - 12:11:13 pm

@ Florent Ziegler

First object – Computer Mouse

The first object I chose is the computer mouse I use every day.

It is a basic wireless Logitech mouse with one On/Off switch under it and the standard mouse buttons (Left Click – Right Click – Scroll). In my opinion it is very intuitive. If the device is off you notice it because the Read more →

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(1) Visibility / Invisibility

Heng Tong Foo

Sunday, Aug 28, 2016 - 04:29:53 am

@ thisisht.

Reading Response 2 : Jan Chipchase, Hidden In Plain Sight: How to Create Extraordinary Products For Tomorrow’s Customers. (2013)

This chapter covers the elements and importance of good design. Visibility is discussed as a fundamental element of such with the guideline of affordance, constraints and mapping. This is a really interesting read as I am able to relate to many Read more →

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Assignment 1 Part 2

Clara

Sunday, Aug 28, 2016 - 12:39:43 am

@ Clara

Choose two objects that you use every day (you cannot pick mobile phones or laptop/computer) and analyze their design using the principles described in Chapter 1 of The Design of Everyday Things.  Imagine describing what the object is and what it’s designed to do to someone who has never seen it before.  Is it intuitive or frustrating? Come up with three ways to Read more →

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Assignment 1 Part 1

Clara

Sunday, Aug 28, 2016 - 12:37:08 am

@ Clara

Find two maps of a building or place you have visited – one map is badly designed and the other is well designed.  Be prepared to explain your examples and bring maps to class. Think of a time you were lost in a place and write in your journal how and why you got lost.  What about the user experience didn’t work Read more →

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Assignement Week 1 - Part 1

Florent Ziegler

Saturday, Aug 27, 2016 - 12:01:38 pm

@ Florent Ziegler

The ADM building, because of its characteristic shape and architecture, provides the user with a very different experience from what he is used to. As most of the teaching buildings at NTU resemble each other (if you exclude the hive). This experience presents some very positive aspects but in my opinion there are also some aspects on which Read more →

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