Girl Geeks - Lessons From Classic Industrial Design for a Digital World

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LEARNINGS FROM CLASSIC INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FOR A DIGITAL WORLD

Sunday, 24 November, 13

ABOUT MESunday, 24 November, 13

WHAT’S THIS ABOUT

PARTNERSHIP IS POWERFUL

“Left to his own devices he couldn’t build a toaster. He could just about make a

sandwich and that was it.”Douglas Adams

LESS BUT BETTER

“The most important part of designing a Windows Store app is determining what the app will be

great at. In the process, you might cross off many good ideas, but saying "no" to them is crucial to

making a single scenario great.”Windows 8 Dev Centre

“Quantitative data should be informed, qualified and enriched by qualitative studies

to understand intent.”Government Digital Service (UK)

PROTOTYPE + ITERATE

5,127 times if needed

“Using images to show a responsive layout is like test driving a car that’s stuck in park.”

Trent Walton

TRUTH TO MATERIALS

“A skeuomorph is a physical ornament or design on an object copied from a form of

the object when made from another material or by other techniques.”

Wikipedia

“Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design,

it’s decoration.”Jeffery Zeldman

= MIND BLOWN

BUILD FOR LONGEVITY

+ 50 years = ?

“If you can’t open it you don’t own it.”Fairphone

PARTNERSHIP IS POWERFUL

LESS BUT BETTER

PROTOTYPE & ITERATE

TRUTH TO MATERIALS

BUILD FOR LONGEVITY

Image Credits

photo - Nick CramptonSlide 3 - Usability MattersSlide 4 - photo - Linn VizardSlide 5 – karenfron.comSlide 6 - intrinsicdesigns.blogspot.comSlide 8 – theloftonbroome.comSlide 9 – thomasthwaites.comSlide 11 – stasick.orgSlide 12- techblogr.wordpress.comSlide 14 – helsinkidesignlab.orgSlide 16 – designdb.comSlide 17 – cafekaput.blogspot.comSlide 19 – wikipedia.org/wiki/combo_television_unitSlide 20 – facebook.comSlide 21 – blog.trello.comSlide 22 - creativitypost.comSlide 23 – msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/appsSlide 24 – theheadsofstate.comSlide 26 – dyson.comSlide 27 – blog.homecoturemagazine.comSlide 30 – designcouncil.org.uk

unknowndomain.co.ukSlide 31 – beta.telus.comSlide 32 – kickstarter.com/projects/1839712674/uinkit-stamp-user-interface-design-toolSlide 33 - ministryofco.deSlide 35 - designmuseum.deSlide 37 - sachagrief.comSlide 39 – realmacsoftware.com/clearSlide 40 - msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/appsSlide 41 – justinjackson.ca/words.htmlSlide 43 – niemanlab.orgSlide 44 – bradfrostweb.comSlide 45 - JFL42.comSlide 47 - etsy.comSlide 48 - blogs.agu.orgSlide 50 - apple.comSlide 51 - bradfrostweb.comSlide 52 - zeusjones.comSlide 53 - fairphone.comSlide 55 - greatrecovery.org.uk

@wittster

linnea@usabilitymatters.com

linnvizard@gmail.com

Resources

PARTNERSHIP IS POWERFULCreative Collaborations by Helsinki Design Lab - http://www.helsinkidesignlab.org/pages/creative-collaborationsDiscussing Design Blog - http://www.discussingdesign.com/

LESS BUT BETTERWin 8 Dev Centre - Decide What Your App is Great At - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/apps/hh465427Search Analytics for Your Site by Lou Rosenfeld - http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/search-analytics/

PROTOTYPE + ITERATEUINK.it Stamp - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1839712674/uinkit-stamp-user-interface-design-toolPOP (Prototype on Paper) app - https://popapp.in/

Resources

TRUTH TO MATERIALSJustin Jackson This is a Web Page - http://justinjackson.ca/words.htmlContent Strategy for Mobile by Karen McGrane - http://www.abookapart.com/products/content-strategy-for-mobile

BUILD FOR LONGEVITYThe Great Recovery Report - http://www.greatrecovery.org.uk/the-great-recovery-report/