1. Reviewing Design
By Navmeet Singh
We are asked to present examples of '3
Good Designs' and '3 Poor Designs'.
My review of the designs is based on:
➔How they work..
➔What purpose they solve..
➔How effective they are in that..
➔And what is their level of user
engagement..

2. Poor Design – 1 Bathroom Sink

3. Poor Design – 1 Bathroom Sink

4. Poor Design – 1 Bathroom Sink
➢ Mix Water in Sink
➢ Not very Hyginic
➢ Intended to save
water
➢ But water is still
wasted

5. Poor Design – 1 Bathroom Sink
Clean up the lather left in the end with the Super
Cold water again.

6. Poor Design – 1 Bathroom Sink
Very good alternative.
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The flow of water is controlled.
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The temperature of water is controlled.

7. Poor Design – 2 Circuit Laundry

8. Poor Design – 2 Circuit Laundry

9. Poor Design – 2 Circuit Laundry
Only £3.50 Credit
Washing: £2.60
Drying: £1.10
Total: £3.70
Not enough to do both!

10. Poor Design – 2 Circuit Laundry
www.circuitcardtopup.com

11. Poor Design – 2 Circuit Laundry
Place card, top-up
with the code given
on website/email.
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Confusing process
Impossible without
plastic money.
Wastage of space and
money.

12. Poor Design – 2 Circuit Laundry
Alternative: UCA
Print Credit Top-up
Machine
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Simple Process
Can top-up with cash or
card
Can also top-up using
home computer on
UCA's website.

13. Poor Design – 3 Context Menu in PC
'Delete' and 'Rename'
items so close to
each other
Want to click
'Rename'
But accidentally click
on 'Delete'
File goes to 'Recycle
Bin'

14. Poor Design – 3 Context Menu in PC
Workaround:
1.Click on file
2.Press F2 Key on
your keyboard
3.Type in the new
name for your file

15. Poor Design – 3 Context Menu in PC
Proposition:
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Move 'Rename'
option to above 'Cut'
Clicking 'Cut'
accidentally will not
delete the file
You can still
'Rename' it

16. Good Design – 1 Donation Box
Donation boxes at most restaurants to get rid
of that heavy change.

17. Good Design – 1 Donation Box
Donate coins and
they will go
spinning inside the
donation box
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Simply throw a coin
Coin goes into a
spinning spree till
reaches storage

18. Good Design – 1 Donation Box
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Interesting case
study on user
engagement.
People tempted to
put in money.
Useful for parents to
keep children
amused.

19. Good Design – 2 Ping Pong Restaurant Menu
Long List of Chinese and Japanese dishes
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Pictures for what the food looks like
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Items nicely classified
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20. Good Design – 2 Ping Pong Restaurant Menu
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Mark your items with a pencil

21. Good Design – 2 Ping Pong Restaurant Menu
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If confused about the ingredients or allergic to
something, ask for specific menus.

22. Good Design – 2 Ping Pong Restaurant Menu
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Vegetarian Menu,
Egg Free Menu,
Shellfish Free
Menu, Nuts Free
Menu and many
more..
One menu for
every kind of
food allergy.

23. Good Design – 2 Ping Pong Restaurant Menu
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Builds customer
loyalty
Keeps waiters
organised as
they don't have
to remember
ingredients for
each dish

24. Good Design – 3 UCA Library Borrowing system
Self-service
kiosks
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Easy to use
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Can borrow and
return
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Books and DVDs
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Helps Librarians
focus on Student
services
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25. Good Design – 3 UCA Library Borrowing system
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Tells you till which
date each item is
loaned
Gives a printed
receipt
Can send the receipt
to email also

26. Good Design – 3 UCA Library Borrowing system
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Security alarms go off
if item taken out of the
library without
borrowing from the
system
Added layer of
security on DVDs,
they can't be opened
inside Library (without
borrowing)

27. Thank You
Have a nice day ahead
Navmeet Singh
navmeetsingh@gmail.com
twitter.com/navmeetsingh
meetsin.wordpress.com