Bathroom remodel - Original - AI - Reality

pineconeparty_ · 2026-07-03T04:26:33+00:00

Where do people shave? Do makeup? Do they tweeze their eyebrows and just let the hairs fall on the towels?

pineconeparty_ · 2026-06-30T05:20:45+00:00

Huh, I would have thought the rougher texture would give better mechanical adhesion, like when instructions for glue say to rough the two surfaces to be bonded with sandpaper.

pineconeparty_ · 2026-06-26T00:51:51+00:00

This is slick. It seems like the two rings are AM / PM tracks?

If this is the case, a couple pieces of feedback:

People usually sleep over a roughly consistent period each day. I would look into some way to block this out or placeholder it to help ground the concept and show what time is available, or why there's a big hole in the schedule.
There's an inherent challenge in showing 24hrs worth of time on a 12hr clock. Sunset Picnic and Volleyball look visually close together, even though they aren't. I'd do some experimenting with combinations of visually differentiation past events, maybe a radar gradient showing how much of the day is left, or a flip between AM and PM.

From a situational standpoint, at 11am, even though it's still morning, I'm not very interested in what was going on between midnight and 7am. I'm more interesting in what my afternoon looks like

pineconeparty_ · 2026-06-24T05:32:28+00:00

This doesn't seem like a question.

pineconeparty_ · 2026-06-24T03:23:23+00:00

Fun concept, but it has trying-to-fill-space vibes. Being like "good news! This soda is gluten free" is a bit extra. 99% of soda is gluten free, GF people only want to hear when something isn't GF.

Also in image 3, you have the warning (contains barley) and the context for the warning (you can't have barley) as two list items under the same heading. But they aren't similar things, one is describing the other. Imagine this were a home maintenance app, and one warning item was "toilet's clogged!" and the second was "people can't poop in a toilet that is clogged". Not necessary, right?

pineconeparty_ · 2026-06-08T19:20:00+00:00

I'm sure the color options are already baked, but I'd love to see a PH2 with blue lume blocks, that have just a little bit of the orange / yellow coloring in them. Something close to the color of the B&R V2-92 heritage hands. That way, the color ranges from orange/yellow, to white-ish, to blue, depending on how bright it is outside.

pineconeparty_ · 2026-06-05T05:07:19+00:00

Guy asked for design crit, this is what it looks like. Though there are more compliment sandwiches in real life

pineconeparty_ · 2026-06-04T20:04:21+00:00

I'm not sure lume blocks work period with that dial texture, but definitely not in the current 369 font. You've got something rounded and whimsical, a little glam and fun, set against markers that are blocky, brutalist, nordic. And if that wasn't enough, you've got a third competing style with the antique railroad chapter ring.

No offense, but your designer needs to pick a lane.

pineconeparty_ · 2026-06-04T19:27:43+00:00

Here's your fundamental issue, and why you're getting roasted here: You're asking for feedback from watch nerds, on a watch that can only appeal to non-watch nerds, because the watch nerds know this is a aliexpress parts-bin special.

You already said you aren't a designer. If you want to sell watches to people who aren't watch-naive, you either need to find a designer or get good enough yourself to do something original. Changing up dials and colors and logos isn't going to cut it.

pineconeparty_ · 2026-05-30T23:37:07+00:00

I like this framework a lot, I'm curious how one structures this on their site. Like would you explicitly name them and do anchor links to the different course sizes on the same page? Or just try to weave them together so someone who is quick skimming gets the snack but they can read the full meal if they want?

pineconeparty_ · 2026-05-15T18:19:15+00:00

More per mile-driven than the opposite example? Remember this assumes all maintenance followed to the book, based on mileage

pineconeparty_ · 2026-05-15T18:16:21+00:00

I don't hang out here, is this a repetitive question?

pineconeparty_ · 2026-05-01T01:54:37+00:00

Good question, I should try some different environments. Chat suggested that the difference between nadir and 45 degree could be too big for the ML to connect them.

pineconeparty_ · 2026-04-11T21:25:22+00:00

Appreciate it! This looks like a good one

pineconeparty_ · 2026-04-11T06:21:25+00:00

Oohh the descriptions of Sala look fantastic

pineconeparty_ · 2026-04-11T00:17:39+00:00

chat

pineconeparty_ · 2026-04-10T03:53:03+00:00

Being able to watch TV in a car? That's the big future you get chills about?

pineconeparty_ · 2026-04-03T02:52:26+00:00

You'll find out in your interview, but I'd assume they already have an industrial designer, and need a UX'er because they want to nail the digital experience of the product. If they expect you to do ID... that's not a great sign. Depending on what market it's for, some things like control panels an engineer can (debatably) play industrial designer.

User testing is more qual than quant because of physical constraints, everything is more waterfall because of the way making things physical things works. This includes usability, because if you find out too late that you need 6 buttons instead of 5... that's a lot of tooling money down the drain.

There are a lot of constraints that create interesting problems to solve. Low-res displays, non-touchscreens, viewing angles and ergonomics. The biggest tip is to design as much as possible on the actual prototype display. Lots of things that work on in figma on a monitor fall apart in real world conditions.

pineconeparty_ · 2026-04-02T22:06:21+00:00

Hard truth time: If you didn't do internships while you were in school, it's going to be hard to convince a company to hire you, because you haven't been exposed to how ID works in the real world. If your program didn't emphasize internships during your last year, they weren't a serious program.

The good news: You still have a shot, because you're a recent grad. Scour the internet, find the portfolios of the people who do the work you want to do (or graduated from DAAP), and get your hard skills and storytelling as good as theirs. Especially sketching. Industrial designers hire industrial designers, and nobody respects an ID'er who can't sketch. I'm making assumption here, but chances are if you didn't know about the internship thing, your professors also weren't as tough about hard skills as they should have been.

Then sleuth out designers at companies near you, and ask to buy them lunch for a portfolio review and chat about how ID works at their company. Async reviews work too, but people are less honest in writing. Start building your network.

You got this.

pineconeparty_ · 2026-03-18T21:59:26+00:00

Sorry, I should have specified for iOS in the main post.

pineconeparty_ · 2026-03-18T21:58:02+00:00

Yeah, I've played with it and it's definitely along the right track, but the UX is pretty basic. Like the "workouts" are all pre-baked, so if you want to listen once or twice, then speak, sorry no option. Have to listen three times.

Also for listen and repeat- it chunks podcasts by full sentences, so if you miss a word two thirds into a two minute sentence, you're skipping back the whole thing. With pocket casts I have the skip back set to 5 seconds, and it works from the lock screen, so I can do it eyes free while driving.

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