The holiday season has wrapped up and as a designer, I was critical of the usability of designs I encountered while I was traveling. From airplane seats to portable ketchup packets. I am sure you would have come across some of these as well.
Read MoreNovember 8, 2018 marked World Usability Day 2018. The theme for this year was Design for Good or Evil. Every design can have a good or bad impact, which can greatly affect people’s daily lives. Some of the recent advancements in technology has empowered and transformed the lives of people with disabilities. Here are some of the technologies that are examples of “Design for Good”.
Read MoreHow many times have you walked into an elevator and it took you a couple of seconds to understand the buttons and make a selection to get to the floor you want to? Or perhaps, maybe you never realized that the design was inconsistent or was bad? Hence, here are some real-world examples of poorly designed interaction between elevators and the users, that I have collected from my day-to-day experiences and my suggestions for their improvement.
Read MoreThink of a creating color universal design as a challenge? It is NOT! In fact, it is a forgotten step in the design process which goes ignored. When we take accessibility into account during the design process, it is not a missed out step and is actually the one piece which completes it.
Read MoreAgile UX is the newest buzzword in the field of UX. But wasn’t it meant for the developers? How can the designers benefit from this? How should it be included in the company principles to make the product that users want to pay for, share and come back for?
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