Gestalt Principles and Fitts’s Law
Dave Zheng
Firstly, regarding Gestalt psychology, this principle explains how people use their innate visual perception to organize and interpret information. There are five laws. Applying these five laws to design can…
Why are Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth important to know about for IXD History?
Janette Olmiala
Ada Lovelace was the world’s first computer programmer. In her annotations on an article about the engine, she wrote an algorithm imagining computers could one day have the capability to…
Applying Gestalt principles and Fitt’s Law in IXD/ UX Design
Applying the Law of Proximity and the Law of Similarity to group-related controls helps users understand the relationships between different elements on an interface. For example, the top buttons on…
Gestalt Principles and Fitt’s Law in Interactive Software
Jiayi (Nicole) Xie
Gestalt principles, originating from psychology, explain how we perceive visual elements as unified wholes rather than just a collection of separate parts. These principles can be embedded in software design…
Gestalt principles and Fitt’s Law for User Interface Design
Lynn Lin
Through my study of the Gestalt principles and Fitt’s Law, I have learned that incorporating these principles into design can create visually coherent, intuitive, and efficient interfaces for the user,…
Field Trip Reflection
This exhibition brings together many different works that demonstrate the importance of social design and inclusivity. The theme of the interconnectedness of society and people is emphasized through art installations…
Gestalt Principles & Fitts’s Law in Modern UX design
Hannah He
Learning about Gestalt principles has made me realize more about becoming a better logical thinker regarding graphic design. The Law of Proximity stresses grouping objects to help users understand the…
Designing Peace Exhibition
Ziqi Zhang
At the Designing Peace exhibition we can see an immersive blend of creativity, social commentary and interactive design. These installations speak volumes about the interconnectedness of communities, the consequences of…
Importance of Lovelace and Gilbreth in IxD history
Grace Cao
The importance of Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth in the course of Interaction Design history is valued not only in recognizing the unsung history of women in the fields of…
Field Trip: Museum of Craft Design
In the exhibition, it is shown how design and community action can contribute to the pillars of positive peace. These concepts and interactive elements suggest that a future of peace…
Thoughts On Lovelace & Gilbreth
Exploring further, Ada Lovelace’s analytical mind and her contributions to computing not only demonstrate her foresight into the machine’s potential to transcend simple arithmetic but also highlight the importance of…
Designing Peace Exhibition inspire the future of IXD Design
Three pieces in the exhibition moved me. Island Tracker and Papers, Please. They all represent every critical aspect of social design. The Paper Please in the show suggests, “How can…
Why are Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth important to know about for IXD History?
Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth are both pivotal figures in the history of Interaction Design. Ada Lovelace was the world’s first computer programmer. Her vision for computers was not limited…
Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth are important to know for IXD history
Female figures like Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gillbreth are essential to know for IXD history, but not limited to IXD history. Firstly, it represents how women lived and acted earlier.…
Lovelace and Gilbreth
From PART1 you can learn about the story of Ada Lovelace (Ada Lovelace is known as the first computer programmer for her work on Babbage’s Analytical Engine) and Charles Babbage.…
Pictography & Modern Icons
John Liu
Compared with modern icons, original icons are more abstract and complex. As time goes by, we can clearly feel that modern icons will be more iconic than before. However, the…
Calendar Icon and Mayan Hieroglyphs
Regarding Mayan hieroglyphs, they are composed of various graphical elements. The image below shows the Mayan calendar. In this calendar, similar to modern ones, time and dates are recorded using…
Ios Photo Gallery Icon vs Egyptian hieroglyphics.
The lotus flower appearing in Egyptian hieroglyphics, representing the sun, creation, and rebirth. The Egyptians believed that in the beginning of time, the lotus blossomed from the water and released…
Modern Icons VS. Cuneiform
I use the meaning of “love” to compare the ancient Sumerian cuneiform expression of “love” with the modern “I Love New York” logo. There are many levels to this comparison.…
Lapse Icon vs. Egyptian + Mayan hieroglyphs
The latest photo sharing app, Lapse, uses an abundance of icons and emojis for users to click on and react to other people’s photos with. The main icon you see…