What product have you recently seen that made you think ‘this is great design’ and why?

Question 14: Product love from the designers

We’re back for 2018. Sorry for the gap between questions, we needed a break. Hope you had a good one.

20 Designers, 20 Weeks, 1 Question Per Week

Learn from twenty experienced designers as we go deep into one question every week.

This week we look at products the designers love.

Simon Pan — Senior Interaction Designer at Google, San Francisco, USA

Nationality:

Australian 🇦🇺

What product have you recently seen that made you think ‘this is great design’ and why?

BeMyEyes — a very simple and powerful idea using a smartphone camera. The app connects a person with a visual impairment to people with sight. From there, the requester can point their smartphone camera at things and the volunteer can help communicate what they see. It’s a really novel rethink of how we might use technology and the idea of “micro-volunteering” in ways that are more inclusive and useful.

Where can people follow you?

simonpan.com or on twitter

Stephanie Engle — Product Designer at Cruise Automation, Menlo Park, USA

Nationality:

American 🇺🇸

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