Bad human factors designs

I had to go on www.baddesigns.com and on this site I had to find bad design errors and comment on what exactly they are considered bad design.


Example : An athlete bought a waterproof watch for athletic events composed of swimming, cycling and running. He purchased a nice sport watch, a "Triathlon" model, so he could time himself in the pool and confirm he was counting the laps correctly. After just a few workouts, the watch filled up with water! he took it back and they happily replaced it, saying that he must have accidentally pushed the buttons under water!


The watch was water resistant to 100 m. He looked at the instruction booklet that came with the watch. On the last page of the instructions was printed...


WARNING: TO MAINTAIN WATER-RESISTANCE, DO NOT PRESS ANY BUTTONS UNDER WATER


This limitation seemed ridiculous since using the watch to keep track of laps in the pool would involve pressing buttons on the watch while swimming.

Design Suggestion

The athelete is likely to press the watch buttons underwater because the warning isn't obvious. If a warning sticker was placed on the watch, it would be more obvious.


Of course, a better solution would be to design the watch to allow the buttons to be pressed while swimming, without ruining the watch. Some other brands of watches allow this.


The errors of the site would be that they basically don't work as they are supposed to.

Review and assessment week storyboard

Today in my Multimedia class I handed up my Storyboard assignment for review and assessment week.The assignment was to draw a storyboard that had a washing up powder advertisement.
The assessment requirements.you are required to produce a storyboard outlining scenes for a video clip introducing a new washing powder to the market.Each scene of your storyboard must be clearly numbered and in logical order.You must also briefly outline how your design solution will do the following.

• Capture attention
• Control the eyes movement across the screen or page
• Convey information
• Evoke emotion

My movie remake ft Lupe Fiasco 'words I never said'

This is my music video I made in the Multimedia class,I had to remake a video that had my own images portraying the original music video,The music video I used was a song by an American artist named Lupe Fiasco,the song  is called 'words I never said'.I chose this particular song because it has good meaning to it if you listen to it carefully and I like the artist and his other songs.

Post Production sound effects scenario

In my Multimedia class there was a Post production task I had to do,I was working for a very low budget Multimedia production company,I had been given the task of producing sound effects for numerous actions .E.G "a loud bang" > I would record a sound effect with two bins colliding.

The Scan Pen Storyboard

This is a storyboard I had to create in my Multimedia class,The idea to it was that there was a new fictional invention named ''The Scan Pen''.This pen could scan,print,and be used as a usb stick,I had to give it a price and advertise it using a story board.For this story board I used Microsoft Paint to put my drawings together.

'Lobster Land' Menu

This is my 'Lobster Land' menu, In my multimedia class I had to design a menu for a fast food restaurant,I made it with pictures I uploaded ,I used Microsoft paint and Power point to put everything together.

The ''Dunboyne Table Quiz'' flyer

This is my ''Table Quiz'' flyer ,We had to make one for the Dunboyne College table quiz held in the library,members and non members all welcome.

''Raven View country house'' advertisement

10/11/2011, In my multimedia class we had a group task on creating an advertisement for owners of ''raven view'' which is an 18th century country house set in 74 acres of wooded land,it has a total of 17 suites available,we had to convey that through a advertisement.

Project Objectives : To ensure bookings for the coming halloween and Christmas.

Target audience : the main audience is group bookings hen parties/stage parties or work functions/conferences 

It had to be fitted for an A5 size advertisement for the Saturday supplement of the Dunboyne Herald.

10 Websites,Identify target audience

Thursaday 10th November, Today in Multimedia class I had to descibe 10 websites , on these websites I had to identify the target audience for each,then I had to list some good and bad design features and explain the answers I got.

An example of the task : http://www.fashion.ie/

Fashion.ie is targeted for fashion enthusiasts.It has alot of pictures and fashion tips.Its Ireland's leading fashion website,It has a few warpped image's which are not that good,But it is a good website for people who are interested in all things about the fashion industry.

''First blog'' Multimedia Production Stages

My first blog in my Multimedia class,Thursday 20/10/11 I had a task of Multimedia Production,I had a sheet which had numerous boxes and a large circular diagram which had words in it ,with these words I had to sort them out accoring to the 6 boxes that apply to Development ,6 boxes to Pre-Production,6 Production boxes and 6 Post Production boxes,the basic task was to match the process with the lifecycle stage.