interaction design
11 posts tagged interaction design.
systems designinteraction design
Don't Hide the Constraint. Make It the Idea.
The limits I was handed on four projects weren't obstacles to hide. Each one turned out to be the concept, once I stopped apologising for it.
interaction designusability
Give Them the Win First
PepeJump handed every new player a reward before they'd done a thing. A note on why a number going up is the most reliable delight in UX.
interaction designhuman factors
Google Pay Taught a Country a Gesture. I Borrowed It.
The best way to teach a new action is not to teach it. Borrow one people already know in their fingers, and point it somewhere new.
human factorsinteraction design
My Friend's Guruji Said No. I Shipped Anyway.
I turned a MacBook into a harmonium with an AI's help. The master's ear said no. Mine couldn't tell the difference. So I shipped it anyway.
information designinteraction design
The Graveyard Won
The idea I threw away became the whole system. A story about showing your rejected work, and why clients love the reject you buried.
interaction designhuman factors
Trust Is Built With Copy, Not Code
In a scary crypto app, what made people feel safe wasn't the technology. It was plain words and small honest moments.
usabilityinteraction designinformation design
The Day Your Interface Disappears
Ten principles for making software feel less like an interface and more like instinct.
usabilityinteraction designerror prevention
The Ballot That Made a Vote Point Sideways
What the butterfly ballot teaches us about alignment, error costs and the danger of interfaces that cannot confirm intent.
systems designinformation designinteraction design
How Do You Design a Democracy for 173 Million People?
India’s first general election was not only a political achievement. It was a vast exercise in inclusive system design.
usabilityinteraction designhuman factors
The Door That Blames You
Norman doors reveal why repeated human error is often an object communicating badly.
information designwayfindinginteraction design
A City Compressed Into Four Characters
The I ❤️ NY identity shows how a tourism campaign became a sentence people could complete with their own feelings.