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Why are sinks always rounded?
I've noticed a trend recently that some sinks have a flat base, but they seem to be few and far between. Are there any UX reasons why sinks have traditionally always been round?
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Why are AC adapters (wall warts) designed to block adjacent AC outlets?
The AC adapters for a lot of equipment seem to be specifically designed to block the AC outlets around it (this is in the US).
Is this a safety feature to minimize the power to that outlet or just ...
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Is the middle power option 50% or 60%?
A friend of mine has a blender with 6 control selections: One off position, and five power settings in order of less to more power. Example below:
A discussion has erupted over whether or not the ...
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Product design materials [closed]
Do industrial designers have a rule for the number of materials used in a product?
What if I want to use moss for a board game?
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Recommended best practices for industrial interface design?
I'm looking to collect input on best practices for the design of industrial HMI.
There are already standards promoted such as ISA-5.5-1985, Graphic Symbols for Process Displays, but the writing ...
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Mega-scale industrial resource management UI case studies
We are setting out to design a system capable of managing a system that is comprised of 100,000 individually addressable resources (electro-mechanical controllers).
One very important visualization ...
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References about error and warning sounds in an industrial environment
I'm developping an industrial monitoring interface, and as the user is not always in front of its computer, we need sounds to help the user differenciate different behaviours ( incoming error, ...
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How can we improve the UI of cars and other vehicles?
Is a steering wheel the best way to interact with cars?
What do you think the future will be like for transport UI? Will it even require a UI?
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UCD books for a Product Designer? [closed]
My brother, who is a Product Designer, has become interested in User-Centred Design through my preachings and has been reading my Donald Norman books.
Can anyone recommend any books that touch on ...
