https://joaok90.github.io/myBlog/tags/design/Recent content in Design on Joao’s filesHugoenThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://joaok90.github.io/myBlog/posts/hci-homework-1/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://joaok90.github.io/myBlog/posts/hci-homework-1/<p>I like this photo because you don&rsquo;t need a design degree to understand it. There is a neat paved path, carefully laid out, and then there is the route people actually take. If I were late for class, I know which one I&rsquo;d choose. The pathway already lost that argument.</p> <p>That shortcut has a name: a <strong>desire path</strong>. It forms when enough people repeatedly walk the same unplanned route. It can tell us something that a drawing cannot: where people want to go, and how much of a detour they are willing to accept. <a href="https://www.naturalnavigator.com/news/2019/10/desire-paths/">The Natural Navigator has more examples of these paths</a>.</p>