🤓 Interaction Nerds by UXA | F24.09
Persuasive Design: Ballots, Voting Stickers, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Apple's Ethos.
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🗳️ The Butterfly Ballot: The Importance of Good Civic Design
Written & edited by: 🍳 Evelyn Lui
The “butterfly ballot” from the 2000 election was one major reason why Al Gore lost to George W. Bush. What made this design unintuitive? What could’ve improved it?
🏠 From Architecture to Products: How Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Form Follows Function’ Inspires UX
Written & edited by: 🐥 Grace Conard
Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural design uses subtle ‘form’ choices to gently persuade ‘functions’ in the form of feelings, thoughts, and actions. How might similar principles apply to UX?
🍎 Less but Better: How Steve Jobs and Jony Ive brought back Apple Design
Written & edited by: № Viviana Staicu
When Steve Jobs became interim CEO in 1997, he was handed back a company that had just lost $1.04 billion. After he reshaped the company, Apple made $309 million the next year. How did Jobs manage to do this? How does design come into play?
🇺🇸 Fun — Voting Stickers!
Written & edited by: 👽 Joelle Lee
One of the best parts about voting today will be the sticker you get to proudly wear on your shirt afterwards. Let’s take a look at some of the voter stickers that will be handed out in the states!
🤔 Who’s behind the scenes?
The editors behind this week’s issue are 🐥 Grace Conard, 👽 Joelle Lee, 🍳 Evelyn Lui, № Viviana Staicu, and 🦑 Kaitlyn Ng
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