UCD Week 2

Finding at least one example of bad design in everyday life.

Tekka Hawker Centre..

Busy oriented place where there are alot of foreign workers who will be there after work to buy their food for lunch or dinner.. No sense of patience, when buying food.. Long queue’s and not co-operative enough to give up their seats cause most of them will be drinking -.-

Even at famous stalls, to reserve a place is also difficult.. So i would say tekka is the most faultiest hawker centre ever even though it’s still a busy place..

Observation on how people use the space:

• their spaces of tables and stalls are very crammed in between each other when i happened to see an old man cleaning the area where there was food being spilled on the floor and when people are collecting their food that they have already bought, it’s very hard for them to walk off.. so they have to slow down till the cleaner is done with the mess..
• Frustration between everyone cause of the limited seats especially during busy hours and lunch time… Hectic timings
• Family of four after shopping i guess, heads to get a seat for their dinner time and when the place is packed, they asked a person who occupied a table of four people to seat whether they can give up the seat to them, he ignored.. IRRESPONSIBLE.
• Area cleaning being done not often.. E.g table cleaning, etc..

Some Services/ Items that are built for human use

- Washing basins

- Toilets

- Food Stalls

- Disposing plates area

- Tables

3a. What is the item/service?
washing basin

b. Who uses it?
people who patronize the environment..

c. When do they use it?
before/after meals..

d. How did they use it?
- firstly to wash your hands, by turning on the tap..
- washing their hands when in dirt and when clean use a soap right after..
- turn off tap..

e. Is it easy to figure out the purpose/ function of this item/ service?
Definitely, Yes.. A service/item that is being used both outdoor and indoors..

f. Is it clear and easy to tell how the user is supposed to interact with it?
With no doubt, yes.. something that has been with us since childhood.. A very clear representation of service..

g. Does the item/ service take human behaviour into account?
Yes, it does of course..it depends by the way we treat itself. Proper use would result in a long lasting basin. Unless, being too unfriendly and harsh towards that would result in a damaged/stale basin.

h. Is it logical?
yes, for the sake of being clean..

i. Is it safe?
Yes, no dangerous sharp items being in it.. Just simple steps of turning on tap/off.

j. Is it pleasing to look at?
Depends on the basin design and the located area of the fixing.

k. How flexible is it to use?
It’s flexible to adults exceptional for children due to height. So, yes if there is an in built specially for kids, would be perfect.. But i’ve came across for this basin for children near my place..

l. Can people with special needs use it?
Yes, with pleasure… unless another party doesn’t tighten it too hard on the tap for them when they going to use it..

m. Which aspect of needs do you think this item satisfies?
Physical: Cleanliness
Social: Easy for public use..

4. One very poorly designed item/service

One very poorly design item in my house is the clothes hanger outside of my kitchen window. it can be very dangerous cause if you’re in a rush taking off the clothes you can trip and fall off in the sense if you are very careless or something.. But my best suggestion for the clothes hanging would be this (below).

5. What improvements would you suggest?

Having it in your kitchen at the top of it would be good cause less danger and at the same time, it’s convenient and ease of pain in the job. Just have to lift it to the top to hook it and you’re all done..

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