Day: February 4, 2022

In my research for designing a healthcare related app, I became very interested in gamification. This is a trend where using game elements such as points, levels, and challenges are used to enhance the user experience. Basically, gamification is the use of game design techniques to non-game contexts. The benefit of adding a gamification element…Continue Reading IXD303: Continued research

This week we examined the Laws of UX again, this time – Postel’s Law. Postel’s law, also known as the robustness principle, was formulated for TCP by John Postel. Postel’s Law can best be described as designers being tolerant of any number of actions a user could possibly take within a product. For example, when…Continue Reading Postel’s Law

A Minimum Viable Product is a product with just enough features to satisfy early customers and provide feedback for future product development. It’s often not complete or fully functional. The goal of an MVP is to get feedback from customers and then use it to build a more complete product. An MVP is a business…Continue Reading Minimum Viable Product

This week we examined several methods of research techniques and how we could use and implement them in our own work. This lecture I found quite interesting and of value, as there were ideas that were new to me. Paul talked about the word Shoshin (初心) which is a word from Zen Buddhism meaning “beginner’s…Continue Reading Week 2: Research Techniques

  Designer Douglas Bonneville’s article ‘How To Choose A Font — A Step-By-Step Guide’ in Smashing Magazine describes and outlines  a method of selecting and using the right font for any given project. The article focuses on the principles and styles that good designers follow when choosing a typeface, and how those principles can be…Continue Reading How To Choose A Font — A Step-By-Step Guide

Jamie Clarke is a designer who specializes in illustrative type and lettering. His award-winning typography is used in branding and on packaging and book covers. “My aim is to bring words to life and make them more vivid with decoration and imagery. They can be fun or serious, as long as they enhance the message.”…Continue Reading Jamie Clark Type

This article from Nielsen Norman Group was quite interesting to read. The basis of this article states that “People rarely read Web pages word by word; instead, they scan the page, picking out individual words and sentences. In research on how people read websites we found that 79 percent of our test users always scanned any new…Continue Reading How Users Read on the Web

This week we examined typography and how it can be implemented in UX design. Typography is essential to the overall appearance and readability of a piece of text. It can greatly affect the user’s interpretation of a piece of content, therefore influencing the way the reader experiences the text. It can also convey emotion or…Continue Reading Week 02: Typography (Micro and Macro)