Content Strategy
Organizing: The purpose of organizing content is multifaceted, and it serves two primary goals: enabling people to find the right answers to their questions and providing the necessary context for them to understand those answers effectively. On the internet, where…
Traffic Light & Pedestrian Signal The affordances that stand out to me are its pushability and its visibility. It has only got one primary functionable part, a button that can only be pushed. There is no indication that it should…
Organizing: The purpose of organizing content is multifaceted, and it serves two primary goals: enabling people to find the right answers to their questions and providing the necessary context for them to understand those answers effectively. On the internet, where…
In this look at Zillow.com, I investigate the search and metadata functionalities of this well known real estate website. This investigation of Zillows functionality will encompasses a review of the website’s search offerings, the role of search in the sites…
Kaniasty’s CARMEL Guidelines The CARMEL guidelines are inspired by Nielsen’s usability heuristics, but incorporate knowledge and standards that have emerged since Nielsen’s principles were published over 20 years ago, including best practices for accessibility. Consistent visual styleThe design follows branding…
ELEVATOR PANEL The accessibility concerns surrounding the elevator button panel are numerous. The button layout deviates from the standard, typically, elevator button panels position the “hold open” and “close doors” buttons at the bottom for easy access. However, in this…
Airport Bathroom A bathroom typically serves as a private space for individual personal hygiene and sanitation, it provides all of the necessary and essential environment elements for bodily functions and self-care. Strengths Looking at the picture of the airport bathroom…
Here is a little research I did about Gestalt Principles being used in the design of Zillow’s website. Turns out they did take a lot of the principles into consideration and here are some examples: Figure Ground: The listing photos are…
