design portamento

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

how about a nice cup of coffee...

and a poke in the nose!!!

I love my Starbucks travel cup because it's shiny and orange and looks really cool.

I hate my Starbucks travel cup because it pokes me in the nose when I drink from it.

Did anyone test this thing before manufacturing it? How about some user experience studies Starbucks? I'm paying $3.25 for a cappuccino... surely you can afford to do product testing.

The next time I buy a travel mug I'm going to test drive it first.

Ouch!

Labels: product design, starbucks

posted by kaari @ 1:43 PM

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Why Design Portamento?

Portamento is a musical term that means: a smooth uninterrupted glide in passing from one tone to another. Music influences many of my designs and this term relates to one of the principles of good user experience design — to glide from one interaction to another. Hence, I use the term portamento for this design blog.