CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: Conserve the Sound Context: The more digital we become, the less tactile—and by extension, aural—we sadly remain. Best Bit: I’m partial to the comforting childhood memories triggered by the sound of the View-Master myself. via conservethesound.de
Title: Techmoan – Featuring the best & worst of new and old technology. Cameras, HiFi, RetroTech. Hunting out interesting and unusual devices to demonstrate. Context: Just because you can make something is absolutely the only reason we apparently need to … Continued
Title: How the progress bar keeps you sane Context: The progress bar does not measure progress…it mitigates the fear of death. According to this guy, anyway. Best Bit: “But once you start thinking about the progress bar as something that’s … Continued
Title: So spooky! Context: Be afraid…be very afraid… Best Bit: Nothing on earth scarier than PowerPoint. via designernews.co
Title: Copenhagen students design rotary phone that can literally dial up the internet Context: This is your grandparent’s internet. Synopsis: Not all of us (or even most of us) may recall the pre-information age where communication was still very analog. … Continued
Title: Inside the Museum of Failure Context: There’s nothing wrong with innovating and failing. There’s everything wrong with innovating and failing then refusing to learn anything from it. Best Bit: Inclusion of “Trump: The Game”. The Museum of Failure’s troll … Continued
Title: Redditors are competing to design the most asinine volume sliders Context: No intentionally crappy UI element is so stupid that it is not plausibly legitimate. Best Bit: The original Reddit thread is worth its weight in decibels. via theverge.com
Title: Crappy Design – 2012 Honda Console Context: In the olden days, people would encounter a poorly designed experience and suffer through it in silence. It’s no longer the olden days. Best Bit: Pretty good design critique from a (very … Continued
Title: How United Onboards New Users Context: Want to book a flight on United via their mobile app? You are a damn fool. Best Bit: There is nothing—NOTHING!—”best” about this. via useronboard.com
Title: The Consequences of Bad Typography Context: Making a dumb mistake happens to everyone. Making a dumb mistake that could have been avoided through the use of decently designed typography, well, that pretty much happens to everyone too. Just ask … Continued
Title: If Satan was a web designer… Context: Web forms aren’t evil. Web form designers on the other hand… Best Bit: None of these examples also show a captcha. Even Satan refuses to go there. via uxdesign.cc
Title: 8 Delightfully Creepy Design Projects Just In Time For Halloween Context: There’s nothing scarier than a designer with an idea. Best Bit: “The skull with the bees is especially unsettling, making us want to tap into our inner Nic … Continued
Title: Halloween Costumes for Designers Context: And no, there is not a “Sexy UI Designer” costume in the whole lot. Best Bit: It’s visually pun-tastic! via thedesignteam.io
Title: Motion Periodic Table Context: It’s not the size of the animation that matters, it’s the motion in the periodic table. Best Bit: Come for the stunning animations. Stay, well, for the stunning animations. via foxcodex.html.xdomain.jp
Title: Don Norman: The term “UX” Synopsis: The guy who helped to create the term “user experience” wants you to know that most of you are using it all wrong. Best Bit: “…today that term [user experience] has been horribly … Continued