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Udacity: The Design of Everyday Things Online Course Launches
What design tradeoffs do you see here? While making my usual cup of coffee this morning at Udacity, I noticed that someone recently attached a handmade label to our Nespresso coffee machine addressing confusion around a key step in using it. The following questions immediately came to mind: How would I change the design to alleviate the confusion? What were the potential tradeoffs the people who designed the machine faced that resulted in the confusing step? These questions prompted a smile because they’re evidence that I’ll forever see the designed world around me differently on account of my work on our course The Design of Everyday Things. Design is more than aesthetics, and is increasingly playing an impact in people’s lives (especially with the rise of mobile and wearable technology). When design is done well, it can play a substantial role in helping people live safer, healthier, more efficient, and even more meaningful lives. When it’…