Design by Situation
Design by situation provides targeted review guides for specific product contexts — each guide answers "what to look for" in a particular type of interface.
Use the marketplace guide for more than ecommerce. It also covers chooser and gateway surfaces where a reader or agent must compare ideas, offers, tools, proofs, or implementation routes before committing attention.
Use the learning-journey guide when several articles or lessons are meant to create one transformation. It tests the route between pages, including direct entry, sequence or choice, transition scent, practice, and return paths.
Choose a review
- Landing Page Design Review — test whether a conversion page communicates its offer and action quickly.
- Learning Journey Review — test navigation, practice, proof, and recovery across connected teaching pages.
- Marketplace Design Review — test discovery, comparison, trust, and depth on chooser surfaces.
Context
- depends-on Product Design — the design principles and systems these situational guides apply
- pairs-with How to Audit a Page — the general audit framework these situation-specific guides extend
- pairs-with Design System — the component language used in the interfaces being reviewed