Links of articles referred:
https://jannalynnhagan.com/blog/7-ways-a-designer-can-help-you-build-trust-through-your-website
Trust, the word that will never be used to describe my digital filing system. Personally, I have two of everything, and sometimes up to 4, especially if it’s a final project for one of my classes. I cannot speak for anyone else, but I just assume that if it’s an important file, a computer will try to delete it. Although, my lack of trust goes far beyond my files. In fact, lately my trust has been the least present in the media. The article above from Eye on Designdives right into how news organizations have drastically evolved to match today’s untrusting society. I only wish the article would talk more about how trust was built via design. However, Perrin Drumm does do a fantastic job of skimming the very surface of how design has changed the way people look at news today. I was thoroughly thankful that Mr. Drumm took a little more time on how the New York Timeshas grown to dominated the world of news and is now a digital first publication. In a nut shell, this article pointed out why the New York Timesis my favorite news source, with NPR as a close second.
This all made me very curious as to how one can design something trust worthy. However, I ended up finding that if you pay attention to what you trust and maybe invest some time in user experience, you can design anything to be relatively trusting. However, in addition to my personal feelings, I found a second article that listed 7 things that you can do to make a website more trust worthy. I found that most of the items that could be applied to a website could be applied to other forms of design as well. Don’t just take my word for it though, read these articles to see what you think. Trust me their good reads.
yorkscreative.com 