Oven Prototype
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This started as an assignment for Designing for Constraints, where we were tasked to examine a digital appliance that we deal with, analyze its usability, and suggest improvements. The example we looked at in class was an alarm clock, but as I don't have one (I'm the cellphone alarm type), I started looking around at other things in my apartment that confound me on a daily basis. The one that stuck out, and for very similar reasons to the clock, was my oven.
This sounds like a stupid idea: it's an oven, it just heats stuff, right? No. This is an oven with a digital interface (complete with clock) and it annoys the hell out of me. I can never figure out how to get it to time and cook and such. I work with technology all day. I'm getting a master's degree in technology. I should not be bested by a cooking appliance, but yet, here I am writing about my struggles with it.
This is the beast in question: