Designing Digital Products for Kids: Deliver User Experiences That Delight Kids, Parents, and Teachers

© Rubens Cantuni 2020

R. CantuniDesigning Digital Products for Kidshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6287-0_2

2. Before You Start, Know the Industry

Understand What’s on the Market and How It Works.

Rubens Cantuni¹ 

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Monza, Italy

 

In this chapter, we’ll look at the landscape of apps for kids. We’ll try to keep a broad view to get a grip on the general basic knowledge you should have before even starting to ideate a product.

Why is this important? Well, it’s always essential to know the market for a product we’re going to develop, but in this case I believe it’s exceptionally significant because, while as adults we constantly use many products, for productivity, entertainment, communication, wellness, and more, we are not accustomed to using products ...