May 8, 2012 @ 09:30, Room: 14
Course 14: Inspiring Mobile Interaction Design - Course
Contribution & Benefit: The course will introduce empowering mobile design philosophies, principles and methods as well as giving specific guidance on key consumer application areas such as pedestrian navigation and social-local aware services.
Abstract » With six billion cellular subscriptions, the mobile phone (or “cellphone”) is an essential part of everyday life. It’s a business tool to clinch important deals; a “remote control” for the real world, helping us cope with daily travel delay frustrations; a “relationship appliance” to say goodnight to loved-ones when away from home; a community device to organize political demonstrations.
This course is about applying interaction design approaches to the mobile arena. It provides an understanding of what makes for successful future mobile user experiences; ones that really connect with what people want, and operate in straightforward, satisfying ways.
As a practice, interaction design owes much to the long-established discipline of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and the associated usability industry.
Interaction design, though, extends the mainstream practices. It is more about crafting the “customer experience” rather than a process that focuses on “ease-of-use”. Interaction designers have to have passion and heart: whereas usability is often seen as a privative – something you only notice when it is not there – interaction design is about making a statement.
This course is about shifting the mobile design perspective away from “smart” phones, to people who are smart, creative, busy, or plain bored. Our aim is to help attendees to provide users with future products and services that can change their (or even the whole) world.
The course will both introduce interesting and empowering mobile design philosophies, principles and methods as well as giving specific guidance on key consumer application areas such as pedestrian navigation and location aware services.
Our aim is to inspire attendees to strive for breathtakingly effective services. We want attendees to leave the course with a fresh perspective on their current projects and an eagerness to build a long-term better future for mobile users.
This course is about applying interaction design approaches to the mobile arena. It provides an understanding of what makes for successful future mobile user experiences; ones that really connect with what people want, and operate in straightforward, satisfying ways.
As a practice, interaction design owes much to the long-established discipline of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and the associated usability industry.
Interaction design, though, extends the mainstream practices. It is more about crafting the “customer experience” rather than a process that focuses on “ease-of-use”. Interaction designers have to have passion and heart: whereas usability is often seen as a privative – something you only notice when it is not there – interaction design is about making a statement.
This course is about shifting the mobile design perspective away from “smart” phones, to people who are smart, creative, busy, or plain bored. Our aim is to help attendees to provide users with future products and services that can change their (or even the whole) world.
The course will both introduce interesting and empowering mobile design philosophies, principles and methods as well as giving specific guidance on key consumer application areas such as pedestrian navigation and location aware services.
Our aim is to inspire attendees to strive for breathtakingly effective services. We want attendees to leave the course with a fresh perspective on their current projects and an eagerness to build a long-term better future for mobile users.