My inner-design-monkey

Talk about what design really is.

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1. Kristof Houben @houbenkristof Lead interaction designer for Mobile Vikings and CityLife.
2. My inner-design monkey He’s called Maurice.
3. Ever made something for users? Real humans that is…
4. Congratulations, you’re all designers! Oh no, please make it go away…
5. Conversations you’ll have as a designer. You’ll just have to deal with it.
6. “Could you style this?”
7. “Could you provide us with a CSS?”
8. “He's good at drawing, ask him!”
9. “He'll make it look good … afterwards.”
10. Designers are not artists We make something that’s to be used by humans.
11. Great design is not a PSD It doesn’t mimic experiences and real world problems.
12. It’s a working product Something finished.
13. Design needs direction A mission and vision
14. Design is empathy Understanding the problem
15. Four layers of design Something to hold on to.
16. Outcome What does it need to solve. 1 Layer
17. Structure What components does it need. 2 Layer
18. Interaction Make it seemless, add animations… 3 Layer
19. Visual Add colors, fonts, grids, icons, … 4 Layer
20. Don’t limit yourself to the visual layer That makes you a digital artist, not a designer.
21. We design systems nowadays The age of static pages are over. We’ve got API’s, SDK’s, …
22. Don’t design for Dribbble Move between sketches, whiteboards & prototyping tools.
23. Some of my sketches I rapidly draw flows
24. Some of my flows Helps you understand things
25. I also prototype HTML/CSS, Quartz composer, After effects, …
29. Don’t forget to talk to people It’s the most valuable feedback you’ll get.
30. Any questions? Liked it? Follow me @houbenkristof Complaints? @stijnj
31. Great-design-or-not Quiz!
33. It’s not Try putting your grocerylist on this.
36. It’s not How does it fit in my kitchen cabinet?
39. It’s not Ever needed the weather in 4 different cities around the world?
41. Bonus question What shaver did I buy? or 1. 2.
43. It still has a power cord 1.