Guidelines for humane design highlight how products can support or exploit human vulnerabilities, emphasizing emotional well-being, attention management, sense-making, decision-making, group dynamics, and social reasoning resilience.
LinkThe solution is human-centered design (HCD), an approach that puts human needs, capabilities, and behavior first, then designs to accommodate those needs, capabilities, and ways of behaving. Good design starts with an understanding of psychology and technology. Good design requires good communication, especially from machine to person, indicating w
... See moreDon Norman • The Design of Everyday Things
How do we ensure our design solutions are meaningful? The short answer: By providing a solution that embraces both the business needs of the client and the needs of the audience.
David Holston • The Strategic Designer
But ethical assumptions aren’t limited to how we use data. We might ask: Does our product have the potential to become addictive? Many product teams consider this a good thing. But is it good for your end-user? Are there people who are being left out? Are you designing for one demographic and leaving out an under-represented population? Are you ass
... See moreTeresa Torres • Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value
Raskin defines the ideal humane interface as “responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.”
UX Collective • The desktop metaphor must die
Hidden in Plain Sight: How to Create Extraordinary Products for Tomorrow's Customers
Jan Chipchase • 1 highlight
amazon.com
We reject the shallow conformity of the engineering mindset, the stifling constraints of form following function, the illusion of minimalism, and the monotony of linearity.
In their place, we rediscover artistic principles rooted in tangibility, natural forms, the unicity of objects, and the texture and materiality of the physical world.
We impose ae... See more
In their place, we rediscover artistic principles rooted in tangibility, natural forms, the unicity of objects, and the texture and materiality of the physical world.
We impose ae... See more