UI/UX Design Teardown Videos (first up: this site!)
Hello! I have built a number of side projects that went nowhere and I was left wondering what to do next. I decided to try something completely out of my comfort zone and try my hand at just building an audience around something.
I love AvE's videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChWv6Pn_zP0rI6lgGt3MyfA) particularly how he tears things apart and goes over build quality and cratsmanship; and thought I might try the same thing with the web.
I'm not a designer, I don't have a BFA or a cool portfolio. But I dabble, and I appreciate the way designs and features work to come together to form a site. My first video is for this site, as overall I think its very tastefully done. https://youtu.be/wSYTm7qVxN4
If more of these sort of videos would be up your alley be sure to let me know!
Your teardown video is ok. I am from Romania and for now my english is poor but here, in this community, we all speak the same language in numbers (like $$$). Maybe this post will not give you the feedback you seek, because is more in web design domain. In your future try to speak in numbers like: "it's better to put the button there because from a recent studies from X company said the rate for 'call for action' has increased" or like a reference: "it's good to have a RSS feed because big companiese like Google implemented it to reduce user retention"
What I want to see in teardowns is japanese web design (there concept are really strange) that I don't understand but I need to because my future product depend on it.
The concept of Japanese web design is not really strange, but different. I think what helped me was watching the "japanology" series on youtube. It really helped hone what Japanese culture values, and through that lens their approach makes a lot more sense, because they instill their values in everything they do. A lot of the BS that flies in "modern" web design would be outright rejected by a Japanese audience.
focus on content and reducing needs to click. Make information clear visually, provide video/animation where possible, and tailor to the demographics you're targeting. Japanese consumers are clever, but also need more convincing.
The best thing you can do is be a user of Japanese sites first - appreciate what makes it effective and appealing.
In my lack of writing skill I cannot manifest my thoughts in words, I hope I didn't discourage you but this is my way giving feedback/criticism.
Maybe we have digital products in a global economy and it's important to know the cultural shocks of individual country, like the greatings or the meaning of a specific color.
I didn't see any youtube channel that make a comparationn of the US version vs the Japanese version. Really thank you for you feedback in this digested form of information, this is very usefull and maybe to others also.