Sep 19, 2021How technology has enabled usability to user experience designs in today’s grand Ecommerce industryAbstract: Prompted by Walter Benjamin’s arguments in his well-known text The Work of Art in The Age of Its Technological Reproducibility 1, he indicates that technology violates art’s original intention and unique existence due to technology’s reproducibility. The fundamental reason why contemporary technology has been criticized as “it violates art’s…User Centered Design11 min readUser Centered Design11 min read
Feb 15, 2021Kuwanoki no genka: the Ambassador of the Silk RoadThe Silk Road involved not only ancient trade of goods of many kinds but also, as a result, the exchange of languages, motifs, religions, technologies, and, most importantly, cultures. …8 min read8 min read
Feb 15, 2021The 5G Mobile Communication Era: a better user experience.5G, 5th generation wireless systems, was still an unfamiliar topic just a year ago. It was an abstract topic and concept to the majority of people. …10 min read10 min read
Feb 15, 2021Digital Product Design as Design HistoryAt its heart, product design is the design of something to ensure it meets human needs.[1] While most universities and institutions offer product design courses that solely focus on physical products, digital product design is in fact an intangible software-enabled experience or service. …4 min read4 min read
Feb 15, 2021Art: Inevitable Part of History, Japanese Art from Prehistoric(1000BCE) to Meiji(1868AD).Art was inevitable from history. From the Prehistoric Period to the Meiji Period, Japanese art pieces were always influenced by its internal political situation as well as other external cultures and religions. …4 min read4 min read
Feb 3, 2021User Research: 02 Structured InterviewUser research is a crucial stage for the success of any product. In most circumstances, people who design the product is usually not people who use the product. Standing on a designer’s perspective, it is hard to perceive and think objectively. After all: You are never your own user. As…6 min read6 min read
Jan 27, 2021User Research: 01 Digital Cultural ProbeBackground: Cultural Probe was a design probe principle introduced by Gaver, Dunne, and Pacenti in a 1999 paper. They designed a research method that benefits both participants and researchers. Through a number of components, including postcards, diaries, and maps they intended to obtain more qualitative and personal user information. …3 min read3 min read
