Aesthetic and minimalist design: The UNIQLO Wake Up application provides an effective minimalist design while sustaining expected function. By looking at the picture below, you understand that the alarm app has four main functions; from there we get a very simple screen that triggers when an alarm goes off, and the rest of the...

Consistency and Standards Good Example: Writing Icon On iPhones, there is a specific icon used to indicate the fact that you can write something.  This is usually a small square with a writing utensil in the top right-hand corner.  No matter what the writing utensil’s shape or size or coloring choices might be, it...

Many retail or online shopping companies have well-designed search features to allow customers to view their merchandise in an attractive manner and narrow down their searches. I want to highlight Etsy as an example of a user interface that exemplifies good design in its faceted browsing. When the user is browsing results, the following...

Design principle: consistency and standards. A real – world artifact that exemplifies well the principle: Adobe Creative Suite softwares (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). The above screenshots show the text formatting panels of Adobe Photoshop (left), Illustrator (middle), and InDesign (right). They are very consistent in terms of basic parameters that users can change and also...

  Example – iTunes Interface   Before iTunes, most users on personal computers stored music as files. It was organized by name or by size and sat in a folder. A user’s mental model for music is an artists who makes albums composed of songs. The experience of navigating a music library on a...

This is the door to the women’s bathroom at Tatte Bakery in Kendall Square. There is a large violation of consistency and standards here; it is difficult to quickly tell whom the bathroom is intended for because the symbol on the door (a woman in an old-fashioned bonnet) is very different looking than the...

1. Design Heuristic: Aesthetic and Minimalist Design 2. Positive Example: Nespresso Espresso Machine in my dorm room. This coffee machine is extremely minimalist in design, featuring only two buttons. One button is for an espresso while the other is for a “lungo” or a larger shot of espresso. As stated in the design heuristic,...

Design Principle: Error Prevention Positive Example: Robinhood                       Robinhood is an application that allows you to buy and sell stock on the NYSE without paying anything in transaction fees. That final feature is very appealing to consumers, which has led to this application being downloaded...

The concept of mapping describes the relationship of the control layout to their function. Ideally, mapping should allow the user to understand how the function and in a way mirror the layout found in reality. A good example of mapping that I found was the control for the heater in my room (which thankfully...

Consistency and Standards:   Positive Example: The Google App and the Google Homepage have the same intuitive layout where the search bar is in the middle. Having used Google for years, I know very easily that on the mobile app this is the search bar. In addition, one could argue that Google has become...