Disruptors

We were asked to watch the movie design disruptors and write something about it.

They talk about using design to improve something that’s already existing in life. One major point they point out is the users. There are many things to consider while designing, especially the interaction of the design with the user, like is it easy for the people to use? or how will they know that this key will do this thing or that thing? There have to be a sort of visual language that any person could comprehend. While designing one should think less about educating the user on how to use the product, instead the user should be able to understand at the first sight.

Next interesting thing they pointed out while designing a service is to create an experience, a sort of journey for the users to progressively understand what the service offers instead of being bombarded with lots of information at the first time and be confused while still being in the process of applying for this particular service. Illustrations help a lot at this point, because it’s clear and has a sort of relieving feel to it to make the user feel more at ease.

Another important point would be simplifying the interface. They talk about directing the user’s attention to somewhere important, because if it’s too crowded, the user won’t have a focus and they will feel lost and unimpressed since too much details takes away the uniqueness of something because everything would look the same. So, a designer must be able to know when to add and when to remove and actually what to remove. A hierarchy could also help in this case to help the user to understand that this item here is important. The use of patterns could also help explaining something in a really simple way and somewhat precise.

With the growing technology, design is slowing becoming more available and there's a growing competitions and it's creating a focus. For example the most famous designs nowadays is our mobile phones which is always by our sides.

In fact, one of our proposal for the co-exist project on sustainability was a website/app, basically having the purpose to bring together people and help in developing one promising sustainable project, bio-mimicry to solve the issue of the various wastes left behind while manufacturing whatever items.