Part 1
1. How do you feel after watching that video? I feel bad for her and feel that more things should be accessible for people like her. 2. As a designer, what could be done to make experiences better for Sinéad? When designing an everyday object, accessibility for people like her should always be kept in mind and applied to the final design. 3. When you think about how it is to experience life the way she does, what is that called? It is called inequality. Part 2 1. List 3 professional fields that are associated with UX design (there are more than just three) user research, product designer, user experience design 2. Who coined the now-ubiquitous term User Experience? Don Norman 3. What did he study at MIT? electrical engineering and mathematical psychology 4. What is the name of his book, and the unofficial UX Bible? The Design of Everyday Things 5. According to him, what are the two most important components of good design? how well it serves the user and its ornamental value 6. In your own words, please explain what affordances are? cues that help people understand what a product is meant to do without looking at the instructions 7. In your own words, please explain what signifiers are? signs and sounds that communicate meaning to its user 8. What are these items called? forming the goal-> forming the intention-> specifying an action-> executing the action-> perceiving the state of the world-> interpreting the state of the world-> evaluating the outcome seven stages of product design 9. One objection to his work states that streamlining a product (i.e. removing obstacles to learning) can result in a lack of consciousness about said product’s true inner-workings, resulting in what? "dumbing down" of user behavior 10. What man said: “You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology—not the other way around.” and why would that be important? Steve Jobs Part 3 1. 2 apps that you think have great user experience and tell me why. Think about intuition, placement of menu, use of imagery, visual hierarchy and color. 2 apps that have great user experience are Spotify and Tik Tok because they are easy to use even when you are new to the app and finding specifically what you want is very easy to do. The apps are very visually appealing with its calm and professional typography and colors.
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