UX in Daily Life

One of my favorite topics is UX in daily life – the experience of interacting with everyday objects. It is the quality of this experience that makes us say things like “Too bad I have to operate this thing again!”

We can actually design websites and applications using ideas borrowed from the UX design of everyday objects. I ran into a couple of simple yet practical ideas recently:

• A magnetic notepad on the fridge door, useful for writing grocery lists or daily reminders
• Magnetic spice jars on the fridge door, used to optimize the use of kitchen countertop space
• Pills made in small sizes geared specifically those who have difficulty swallowing them
• Packets of milk offered with different percentages of fat content to cater to different dietary needs and personal preferences
• During Covid-19, a glass shield with a small hole separated the customers and sellers. To solve the problem of passing on the purchases from customers to sellers through a small hole, the barcode of the goods were scanned by the customers themselves using a reader installed on their side of the partition.