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Week 1 Assignment Part 3

Timothy Chan

Monday, Aug 22, 2016 - 06:55:25 pm

@ Timz Space

Choose two objects that you use every day 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 alternate the design for Read more →

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Week 2 Assignment Part 2

Timothy Chan

Monday, Aug 22, 2016 - 06:50:46 pm

@ Timz Space

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

The point of design research is understand how and why people behave the way they do to create a meaningful design, and what better way than to experience it yourself. To experience is both to put yourself in Read more →

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Week 1 Assignment Part 4

Timothy Chan

Monday, Aug 22, 2016 - 06:49:27 pm

@ Timz Space

Reading Response 1: CH 1 Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things (1988)

I agree that our world is filled with poorly designed objects that are difficult to figure out how to operate and that good design can make things better. Firstly, the author asks why people put up with the frustrations of everyday objects. I Read more →

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Observations at the MRT/Bus

Danni Hansen

Monday, Aug 22, 2016 - 03:35:30 pm

@ DanniH's Site

It takes a long time for people to get down from upstairs, which causes them to collide with incoming passengers, when leaving

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SMRT User Experience Observations

Martin

Monday, Aug 22, 2016 - 03:35:27 pm

@ Katlagrottan

It’s hard to ride an escalator, it’s harder break through a crowd.

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Bus Interchange

Pearlynn

Monday, Aug 22, 2016 - 03:35:25 pm

@ Artefactually Lost

Look at above, look at how the signs confuse you,  just follow the crowd, they’ll guide you through.

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ASSIGNMENT 2.

wan qing

Monday, Aug 22, 2016 - 03:34:11 pm

@ iamqingg

Part 1: Documentation and Analysis of MRT.

My group came up with a list of issues that we identified for both the train ride and the bus ride. Below are some accompanying photos to show what we observed.

Out of all the issues raised, the following 3 were chosen to be studied in greater details.

Observation Problem Solution Font size too Read more →
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User Experience with Public Transport

Vivian

Monday, Aug 22, 2016 - 03:33:54 pm

@ V N X Y

It is not a common practice of tapping both in and out from the station, and it is not clearly indicated.

Categories: Research
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MRT Observation

Lydia Alexkartadjaja

Monday, Aug 22, 2016 - 03:33:46 pm

@ lydialex

Ava, Xiu Ming, and myself went on a trip to observe the public transportation system from ADM to Pioneer and Boonlay.

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Idiosyncrasy

Nik Halim

Monday, Aug 22, 2016 - 03:33:43 pm

@ NikSnixe

‘Lorem ipsum’

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