Lightning talk presented at Web Directions 'What do you know', Melbourne 15 March 2018
Category: Interaction design
Designing for people
This full-day workshop teaches a set of fundamental principles about humans, useful for all types of design work - information architecture, interaction design, visual design and even industrial design. In the workshop we’ll look at: How our visual system works Visual...
Designing and selecting components for user interfaces
The article is about how to make sure your components will be usable and easy to learn. It covers some fundamental cognitive principles and their implications for component selection.
Interaction design masterclass
This masterclass will cover a wide range of interaction design skills, including how humans think (and why we need to know that); key interaction design processes and skills like sketching. It will be theoretical and practical and allow you to immediately apply ideas to your projects.
Wireframes for the Wicked
In this panel, three experienced designers will share their tried and true tips for making wireframes really work. We’ll talk about how to sketch a wireframe on the fly to demonstrate an idea and how to create a standalone wireframe deliverable; when to show a concept and when to describe nitty-gritty detail; how to make a narrative wireframe and how to make a specification wireframe
Interaction design in an age of AJAX
AJAX, Flash and other rich internet application technologies have changed the way we design interaction on the web - all for the better. Before, we had static pages with a few interactive pieces - form elements, hyperlinks and submit buttons. Now, we have the ability...
Usability for rich internet applications
This presentation explores Web 2.0 applications and some of the traps associated with designing for these newer forms of interaction.
Usability for rich internet applications
Originally published by Digital Web Magazine: Usability for rich internet applications After struggling for years to design Internet applications around the limitations of HTML, I have been very excited by the recent release of a range of Internet applications with...
Interaction Design: Principles, process and practice
This workshop provides attendees with an understanding of user-centred design and improved interaction design skills via a combination of theory and engaging activities. Real world examples and practical activities are used to reinforce theory.
Usability for rich internet applications
This presentation explored Web 2.0 applications and some of the traps associated with these newer forms of interaction.
Deconstructing design: How did we get from there to here
In this presentation, I showed a number of completed site designs that I had been involved in. For each ‘deconstructed’ each design – pulled it apart to show how various inputs (such as research, activities, politics, guidelines, previous experiences) informed the design. The presentation highlighted that each design element is informed by more than one input; and that each input contributed to more than one part of the design. It also showed how important it is to undertake a range of research activities and not rely on just one or two inputs.
Using a “strawman” for page layout design
Designing the page layouts for a new or redesigned intranet can be complex. One of the most difficult aspects is creating the first layout. Starting with an empty screen, you need to determine what will go on each page and where it will go. Using a strawman design - a...
From research to design
This half-day workshop provides participants with practical skills in one of the most mysterious and difficult aspects of design – taking the leap from research to a first conceptual design.