Abstract Dark Patterns are deceptive UX/UI interactions, designed to mislead or trick users to make them do something they don’t want to do. This term was coined in 2010 after the boom of ecommerce industries on the web. In order to generate more sales, get subscriptions, and hit target numbers in…

Hyperakt, a social design studio, hosts ‘Lunch Talks’, a monthly discussion series, offering lunch & a little inspiration to the creative community. Some of the world’s foremost creative talents have spoken at Lunch Talks, but they are always casual, fun and informative. November’s Lunch Talk was held in A/D/O, a…

This workshop series by UXPA@Pratt was held by Pamela Pavliscak on December 2nd, 2017. It involved introduction to speculative design practices — from trend research to future foresight to staging scenarios for exploration — to imagine a normal day in 2027. It was a low key Saturday workshop which started…

Protothon 2017 is a 15 hour design thinking and prototyping event. It was held on October 13th and 14th in NYU Tandon School of Engineering — MAGNET. In this event, participants compete to solve a specific real world problem through rapid prototyping and design thinking. It’s like a Hackathon without…

Introduction Activity or fitness tracking was a huge trend in 2016 and now it has become even stronger with an overall aspect of monitoring health. Even sleep and mindfulness has become a big deal with the rise in high-intensity workouts, lunchtime classes and 24-hour gyms. Sleep has never been essential. Keeping…

Introduction The topic that I chose for this Carto lab is ‘Connecting NYC Schools to Public Transportation’. The idea was very simple, map out different NYC schools in their districts and further into zones and connect them to the latest public transportation data (both Trains and buses). …

Introduction The topic that I chose for this Gephi lab is ‘Marvel Universe — Focusing on the Avengers’. Marvel Entertainment has been in the business for over 70 years, churning out book after book, continuously developing its various characters and franchises, and even expanding to films, television shows, and video games…

Introduction The history of data and information visualization is both rich and fascinating. Since it is a huge topic and has several topics attached to it, this timeline attempts to cover only a brief period of 100 years. To quote Michael Friendly, from York University, “Those who do not know history…

As a part of my Usability Theory & Practices class at Pratt Institute, I was required to apply the concepts and principles discussed by Don Norman in The Design of Everyday Things by writing a blog post critiquing the design of a digital interface, including both positive and negative comments. …