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An introduction to User Experience Design

An introduction to User Experience Design

In this talk I give an overview of the elements of User Experience Design, and more importantly, why you should care about it. The goal is to provide some baseline knowledge of the user-centered design process to equip anyone to take those skills back to their daily work and start applying it immediately. I discuss user experience research, content strategy, interaction design, and visual design, and how those elements work together to build great experiences.

Rian van der Merwe

October 19, 2011
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  1. User experience encompasses all aspects of the end-user's interaction with

    the company, its services, and its products. The first requirement for an exemplary user experience is to meet the exact needs of the customer, without fuss or bother. Next comes simplicity and elegance that produce products that are a joy to own, a joy to use. True user experience goes far beyond giving customers what they say they want, or providing checklist features. In order to achieve high- quality user experience in a company's offerings there must be a seamless merging of the services of multiple disciplines, including engineering, marketing, graphical and industrial design, and interface design.
  2. Design is the process of finding the most elegant answer

    to the question of ‘how do I…?’ @drawar
  3. is a set of decisions about a product. It's not

    an interface or an aesthetic, it's not a brand or a color. Design is the actual decisions. Design @artypapers
  4. Minimum Desirable Product is the simplest experience necessary to prove

    out a high-value, satisfying product experience for users
  5. The elements of user experience design User Research Product Discovery

    Strategic foundation Information Architecture Content Strategy Interaction Design Structural interior Visual Design Sensory exterior www.elezea.com
  6. The elements of user experience design User Research Product Discovery

    Information Architecture Content Strategy Interaction Design Visual Design Strategic foundation Structural interior Sensory exterior www.elezea.com
  7. Market Research seeks to understand the needs of the market

    in general User experience research focuses on users’ interaction with the product
  8. The elements of user experience design User Research Product Discovery

    Information Architecture Content Strategy Interaction Design Visual Design Strategic foundation Structural interior Sensory exterior www.elezea.com
  9. I'm an information architect. I map paths and places across

    physical, digital, and cognitive spaces. - Peter Morville
  10. The elements of user experience design User Research Product Discovery

    Information Architecture Content Strategy Interaction Design Visual Design Strategic foundation Structural interior Sensory exterior www.elezea.com
  11. Content strategy plans for the creation, delivery, and governance of

    content. Better content. Content people care about. Content that supports your business objectives and meets your users' goals. It's a long-term fix for content problems of all sizes. @halvorson
  12. The elements of user experience design User Research Product Discovery

    Information Architecture Content Strategy Interaction Design Visual Design Strategic foundation Structural interior Sensory exterior www.elezea.com
  13. Interaction design defines the structure and behaviors of interactive products

    and services, and user interactions with those products and services. Interaction design is grounded in an understanding of real users (goals, tasks, experiences, needs, and wants) and balances these needs with business goals and technological capabilities. - IxDA
  14. 10 heuristics for user interface design 1. Visibility of system

    status 2. Match between system and the real world
  15. 10 heuristics for user interface design 1. Visibility of system

    status 2. Match between system and the real world 3. User control and freedom 4. Consistency and standards
  16. 10 heuristics for user interface design 1. Visibility of system

    status 2. Match between system and the real world 3. User control and freedom 4. Consistency and standards 5. Error prevention
  17. 10 heuristics for user interface design 1. Visibility of system

    status 2. Match between system and the real world 3. User control and freedom 4. Consistency and standards 5. Error prevention 6. Recognition rather than recall 7. Flexibility and efficiency of use 8. Aesthetic and minimalist design
  18. 10 heuristics for user interface design 1. Visibility of system

    status 2. Match between system and the real world 3. User control and freedom 4. Consistency and standards 5. Error prevention 6. Recognition rather than recall 7. Flexibility and efficiency of use 8. Aesthetic and minimalist design 9. Help users recognize and recover from errors
  19. 10 heuristics for user interface design 1. Visibility of system

    status 2. Match between system and the real world 3. User control and freedom 4. Consistency and standards 5. Error prevention 6. Recognition rather than recall 7. Flexibility and efficiency of use 8. Aesthetic and minimalist design 9. Help users recognize and recover from errors 10. Help and documentation
  20. The elements of user experience design User Research Product Discovery

    Information Architecture Content Strategy Interaction Design Visual Design Strategic foundation Structural interior Sensory exterior www.elezea.com
  21. The art and profession of selecting and arranging visual elements

    — such as typography, images, symbols, and colours — to convey a message to an audience. - Encyclopedia Britannica
  22. People The web is a technology, but more importantly, it

    is People constitute and maintain the network. Frank Chimero all the way down It is widespread and distributed, but it is very delicate. Like a real web, it needs constant maintenance to keep from tearing.
  23. We should care more about our craft because we’re granted

    an opportunity to contribute to the world. We should care more about our audiences because they are the ones who give our work value. The things we make are all just excuses to speak with one another and to help one another. We are all linked, and the things that we make for each other strengthen the invisible threads that tie us all together. - Frank Chimero