You should ‘never cry over spilled milk’ — at least that’s how the old sayin’ goes — but that’s…
I wasn’t sure what to write this post about until I got home last night, picked up my remote, and turned on my TV…
No joke… it’s been an obsession for awhile. I hate backpacks. Nearly all of them are only designed to be hung on the wall (not put on the ground) and are beyond prone to getting dirty. The floor is the last place you want an item you carry with and on you all day to be…
While this is not a case terrible design, it is just bad enough to continually frustrate me. This movable cabinet has two pull out draws…
I think one thing that is poorly designed is handles on most push doors. The action invites users to grasp the handle and we associate with action of grasping and pulling. However, when we look to push something away, we look for something that has a flat surface that can be…
The Shabbat lamp is a product designed specifically for Orthodox Jews that, among other things, do not turn lights on and off from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. Though timers, which can be set prior to the start of Shabbat, have become popular, a Shabbat lamp can still be found in…
The water faucet(see the image below) in the house where I live in is very poorly designed. Instead of having one handle to control the overall temperature of the water, the faucet has two handles, which controls the amount of hot water and cold water respectively. This means…
I could not find the specific product on internet, however, I discovered something similarly designed.
We are all surrounded by designed artifacts that are created to make our life easy and efficient but often they fail to do so, rather end up in a poor user experience. This post has examples from students about such artifacts that they experienced or observed.
When people think of a task that they want to be made easier, cracking eggs may not be the first thing to come to mind. Sure, some people might not be comfortable with cracking them correctly or may be unwilling to get eggwhites splashed on their skin and clothing…
