Henning Fischer on Business Case Modeling for Design
Over the last few years, more and more people have begun to recognize that design can be a vital component of strategy as well as a driver of business value. You only have to mention successes such as the iPod, Netflix and Target to generate near-universal agreement that design creates business value. Unfortunately, citing examples oft-used in traditional business magazines isn’t enough. Although an entire industry has grown by applying design methods to business, many practitioners in the field lag in their ability to communicate business cases for design initiatives, perhaps subscribing to the notion that such efforts are beyond their domain of expertise.
For Henning’s complete essay on Business Case Modeling for Design, follow this link.
Dan Saffer on How to Become An Interaction Designer
Five years ago, Robert Reimann wrote a seminal article for the Cooper Newsletter called “So You Want To Be an Interaction Designer.” Like many people, I read the article and said, yep, that’s what I want to be. I took Reimann’s (good) advice and found both work and training as an interaction designer.
Now, thanks to my book, I find myself in the odd position of people asking me how to become an interaction designer, what it means to be an interaction designer, and what do I really do all day? And while Reimann’s essay is still a great place to start, I want to embellish on to his advice with some of my own.
For Dan’s complete essay on How to Become An Interaction Designer, follow this link.
Dan Saffer in San Francisco, Sydney & New York City for his Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications & Clever Devices Workshops
Dan Saffer will hit the road in September and October to present his Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications & Clever Devices workshops in San Francisco, Sydney and New York City. The workshops are based on the concepts in his new book. More information is available here.
Thank You for Making Our 5th Annual UX Week Conference A Success!
Thank you to everyone who attended or spoke at our 5th annual UX Week Conference where more than 250 people came together to share their ideas and best practices. The entire week’s session notes and presentations can be found on the conference Wiki. We look forward to next year’s conference and invite you to watch our Workshops page for early registration. A special thanks to our sponsors from Google, Microsoft, IIT School of Design and Carnegie Mellon School of Design for their contributions to the conference and its dialog.
Revisit UX Week 2006 in Words and Pictures
In case you missed UX Week this year, you can find session notes and presentation slides on the UX Week Wiki — now open to the public. Conference attendees and speakers added their comments, meetups and links to their own blogs (we had several participants live blogging throughout the week). Feel free to browse around!
Also, several attendees posted their photos of the conference to Flickr.
Peter Merholz Launches New Conference, IDEA 2006
IDEA 2006 brings together a diverse set of designers, creators, and researchers addressing a fundamental challenge we’re facing today — how to let everyday people take true advantage of the overwhelming mass of information that floods their lives. There are currently many different kinds of folks working in this space, but they typically don’t talk with one another. Speakers will present across a stunning array of disciplines: museum design, information visualization, librarians, environmental design, user research, engineering, interaction design, product strategy and much more.
Join Peter Merholz in Seattle, October 23-24 for the IDEA Conference 2006.
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