Hey design professionals, Austin-based interactive agency Somnio and design education group the LUMA Institute are bringing a 2-day human-centered design course to Austin March 7-8. I'm Somnio's Lead UX Designer and I'll be co- teaching the course with LUMA's Pete Maher. If you're a seasoned professional or just getting started in product design (digital or otherwise), this course provides excellent guidance on the methodology and practice of design thinking, research, and iteration.
You can view the event here: http://lumaworkshopaustin.eventbrite.com/ If you need some more info in order to convince your boss (or yourself!), please contact me at [email protected] or the gmail address I used in this post. Below are some details about the course: WORKSHOP OVERVIEW This 2-day workshop introduces participants to the discipline of Human- Centered Design and covers a wide range of methods for designing solutions that measurably improve business performance and that are driven by the needs, desires, and context of the people for whom we design. Through a dynamic mix of short lectures and hands-on activities, you will learn methods that: • Provide teams with a repeatable way to innovate • Help you get more out of your direct customer research • Measurably impact your product development efforts • Promote productive interdisciplinary collaboration • Tame the complexity of products and services This workshop is ideal for anyone interested in design thinking or human-centered design, those who want to improve their skills, and those who want a clearer idea of how to use design thinking to affect change in their organization. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Product managers, designers, researchers, user experience professionals, marketers, consultants, and engineers interested in improving their skills in design thinking or human-centered design. Business, government, non-profit, and academic leaders interested in creating value and affecting change through design thinking. WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF METHODS THAT WILL BE COVERED? - Rough and Ready Prototyping - Usability Testing - Stakeholder Mapping - Interviewing - Persona Profiles - Wireframing (Schematic Diagramming) - Contextual Inquiry - Experience Diagramming - Heuristic Review - Rose, Bud, Thorn - Affinity Clustering - Importance/Difficulty Diagramming - Abstraction Laddering - Round Robin - Visualize-the-Vote - Concept Posters - Video Scenarios - Bull's-eye Diagramming Cheers, Emmett Barton User Experience Designer Somnio @emmettbarton -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
