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Webvisions Portland 2014 Session

markwyner
May 14, 2014

Webvisions Portland 2014 Session

As interactive designers we spend a lot of time trying to court the people who will use what we design. We are hunters for the ultimate romance between products and people. This is natural because we’re inventors and thinkers—we want to delight. And we should. But when we reach the pinnacle of our creation we must ask how many people actually want to climb to the peak with us.

Let’s explore ways we can truly understand who we’re designing for, how they’ll use what we’re creating, and how we can use an iterative, informative process to arrive at products that delight in their simplicity. We’ll break down the mystique of the design process into tangible principles, evolving us from carnies to artisans.

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May 14, 2014
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  1. Mark Wyner, Webvisions Portland, 2014 Simplify the Handshake Between Humans

    and Technology The life of a designer is a life of fight. A fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, visual disease is what we have around. And what we try to do is to cure it somehow, you know, with design. ! Massimo Vignelli, Masterful Designer “
  2. Mark Wyner, Webvisions Portland, 2014 Simplify the Handshake Between Humans

    and Technology Nearly half of all consumers (46.1%) in the study assessed the credibility of sites based in part on the appeal of the overall visual design of a site, including layout, typography, font size and color schemes. ! Stanford Web Credibility Project “
  3. Mark Wyner, Webvisions Portland, 2014 Simplify the Handshake Between Humans

    and Technology Consumer Survey by Hubspot: “If you could offer advice to someone who is about to design a new website, what would be the one most important thing you would tell them?”
  4. Mark Wyner, Webvisions Portland, 2014 Simplify the Handshake Between Humans

    and Technology People don’t know what they like. They like what they know. ! Clariece Paulk, Spiritual Leader “
  5. Mark Wyner, Webvisions Portland, 2014 Simplify the Handshake Between Humans

    and Technology Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible. ! Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist “
  6. Mark Wyner, Webvisions Portland, 2014 Simplify the Handshake Between Humans

    and Technology We need to make the new familiar
  7. Mark Wyner, Webvisions Portland, 2014 Simplify the Handshake Between Humans

    and Technology Printing on newspaper is like printing on toilet paper. ! Hector Acuña, Art Director “
  8. Mark Wyner, Webvisions Portland, 2014 Simplify the Handshake Between Humans

    and Technology I can see it on my computer. How come I can’t see it on my phone? ! Nicole Branson, Technology Critic and My Wife “
  9. Mark Wyner, Webvisions Portland, 2014 Simplify the Handshake Between Humans

    and Technology Sync to computer Phone 2 Capture on camera Sync Vivo rental Text message Record on phone 1 Twitter 1 iTunes 2 Stream other 2 Amazon 1 MediaFire 1 DV deck 1 DV tape 1 Dropbox 1 FTP site 1 Send via text 1 Burn to DVD 2 Create on computer 2 3 2 4 Xbox Computer External HD Post to Facebook 4 Post to Facebook 4 DVDs 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 3 Post to YouTube 5 Post to YouTube 5 Netflix 6 4 4 7 USB cable SD card 4 iPod Touch Capture on iPod 1 1 Wii 1 1
  10. Mark Wyner, Webvisions Portland, 2014 Simplify the Handshake Between Humans

    and Technology Learn from the past, anticipate the future, live in the present. ! Sathya Sri Baba, Indian Guru “
  11. Mark Wyner, Webvisions Portland, 2014 Simplify the Handshake Between Humans

    and Technology Simplify technology and design with purpose ★ Aesthetic usability effect ★ Paradox of choice ★ Mental model ★ Innovation with context ★ Target audience, devices, and mediums ★ Adaptability/predictability
  12. Mark Wyner, Webvisions Portland, 2014 Simplify the Handshake Between Humans

    and Technology Credits/references ★ Paradox of Choice: Sheena S. Iyengar and Mark R. Lepper http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm? fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2000-16701-012 ★ Single-Option Aversion: Daniel Mochon http://www.jcr-admin.org/files/pressPDFs/ 060813213811_Mochon_Article.pdf ★ Word cloud: http://cdn1.hubspot.com/hub/53/archive/docs/ebooks/ science_of_website_redesign_presentation.pdf ★ Crowd: James Cridland http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/ ★ Marching band: NCSU http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/0018053 ★ Tesla dashboard: Tesla Motors http://www.teslamotors.com/ ★ Sorella Stoute: KOIN http://www.koin.com/2013/07/09/toddler-buys-1962-austin-healey-on-ebay/ ★ Screen sizes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_resolutions ★ Laws of Simplicity: John Maeda http://lawsofsimplicity.com/ ★ Stanford Web Credibility project: http://credibility.stanford.edu/ ★ Portland Hotel Society: http://portlandhotelsociety.tumblr.com/