Aug 15, 2022What is an experience?While reading “Basic Issues in Aesthetics” by critical Muelder Eaton — a comprehensive and pleasant overview of key concepts of aesthetics, I would say — I came across this concept that has been quite influential in how I think about (delightful) design: Dewey’s notion of experience. Considering that UX design…User Experience5 min readUser Experience5 min read
Feb 25, 2022Writing as Sketching (or Why I Don’t Write Any Longer)Here I go… This post is very personal (well, every post is personal in the end; as a follower of the theory of social semiotics, any written piece on Medium and out there represents an attempt to describe a perception of the world by which we attempt to change other…Personal4 min readPersonal4 min read
Oct 16, 2020Monstrous UXI am back to medium. Hopefully, I will post more notes and reflections on visual communication, interfaces, and UX. My original plan was to modify the blog I started during my doctoral studies: Bits of HCI. But later, I thought it was better if I start anew to signify a…User Experience3 min readUser Experience3 min read
Jun 28, 2016On Snapchat’s filters, interface, and user experienceVox has published a nice video about how Snapchat lenses, commonly known as filters, work. As a someone that once researched on digital image processing algorithms, and learned about their possible complexity and computing demand, I’m really marveled about accessible facial recognition algorithms have become. The Snapchat filters motivated me…Snapchat3 min readSnapchat3 min read
Jul 20, 2015Why did I find Spotify using my profile picture as an album cover a little bit disturbing?Today, when I opened Spotify, I found this (see image below): Later, I mentioned in facebook that using my profile picture for the “Discover Weekly” album is a little bit scary. Moreover, I tweeted that although Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be the next big thing in UI/UX design, we shouldn’t…3 min read3 min read
Jan 28, 2015Definition of Design. Yes, another one.One of the key challenges of being involved in a humanities & design-oriented perspective of Human-Computer Interaction is defining what design (or Design) is. I think that having an operational definition for Design is healthy. It is not only about divagating, philosophizing, or making the word Design to look more…3 min read3 min read
Jan 21, 2015Walter Benjamin’s notion of aura and Experience DesignIn “A Short History of Photography“, Benjamin Walter introduces the concept of aura as follows, What is aura, actually? A strange weave of space and time: the unique appearance or semblance of distance, no matter how close it may be. While at rest on a summer’s noon, to trace a…4 min read4 min read
Jan 21, 2015Google Cards: UX Design or Information Design?It’s been a half year since Google released Material Design. I still see it as a great strategy to bring a vocabulary to designers and users for understanding how UIs work. From that design framework, cards have caught my attention from the first time. I always wonder, are cards about…2 min read2 min read
