User:AB928517/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Design studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I am a graphic design major and spend most of time looking at and learning about design. Design matters because it is all around us. My preliminary impression of this article was that it would focus on what design is and different techniques used within it.

Evaluate the article
This article focused on design and the aspects that go along with it. It began by giving the definition of what design studies is and moved on to the history and origins of design. The article then went on to discuss important people and founders of design. The article discussed issues and ethics of design and different methods and theories of design. The article ended by providing references and journals.

The content in the article was well balanced and relevant to the topic. The article was well-written and professional. This made the credibility of the article even stronger. It was well organized and easy to follow along. There were no images throughout the article besides a small image in the beginning that showed the matrix of design studies. It may have been beneficial to include more images to break up some of the text.

This article had useful information, but some portions seemed irrelevant. Knowing founders and important people in the world of design is useful, but it was distracting having all the foundational figures works listed in the article.

The article’s tone seemed neutral but seemed biased on which people were most important to the study of design. I do not believe that the article misrepresented any groups of people, however.

The sources used in this article seem to be credible. There was a large variety of articles, some dating back from 1964 up to present day. The sources correlate and support what was written in this article. The sources also come from a diverse array of authors.

Finally on the talk page, there was only about one person who had something to say. They did more of a critique on the original article. One thing that stood out to me that they wrote was they thought there was too much information on the “Foundational Figures” section. This stood out to me because I also agree that some of the information provided in the original article was too much and unnecessary. The way Wikipedia discusses this topic differs from the way we have talked about in class because they go much more in depth than we do.

The article “Design Studies” had useful information provided. The articles strengths lied in its credible sources and a wide range of references. Improvements to the article could be less filler text (Foundational Figures section) and more images. Overall, the article felt complete and well-written.