Critiquing Design

  1. Reveal your design criteria
  2. Explain whether product meets criteria
  3. Offer evidence + contrasting with similar products

Principles of good design

Pros and cons for each

  1. Innovation
    1. is it innovative
  2. Utility
    1. is it useful/practical
  3. Ease of Use / Understandable
    1. is it easy to use and learn
  4. Sense of honesty (credibility)
    1. is it honest/precise & accurate

Whenever I evaluate whether a feature is designed well or not, I usually start with setting fitting criteria:

Fav Software Product

Fav Hardware Product

A Poorly Designed Product

Designing a Desktop App or Webpage

<aside> 💡 Always show the product when critiquing, try drawing wireframes and leading he audience

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CIRCLES method

  1. Comprehend situation