Design 1 
This design is intended for illiterate users. There are pictures illustrating the different options available to the user. Unfortunately, the system must require some amount of literacy to look up resident names and items names or the user would spend an unreasonable amount of time searching through a database of pictures. This design mimics Google Chrome's applications screen and many smartphone screens in that it displays options as different "apps" each with their own icon that the user can open.
Design 2
design 2 - This design is intended to mimic the tab system used in many popular web browsers. Learnability is key here. By using a design users are familiar with they won't mind trying out deskdash because it won't be complicated or take a long time to learn.
design 3 - This design employs the menu approach to options. Users will always have the same menu of options to choose from on every page to which they navigate. Users can always find what they're looking for because it's always there and always in the same place.
