New York USA 2006-09-22 Come by and kick off the 2006 - 2007 season with NYC IxDA. See what everyone has been up to this Summer, meet old friends, and make new ones! Greg Petroff, Member of the IxDA Board of Directors & Treasurer, will also give a short presentation of the IxDA's vision for a new online community of practice and will show examples of the first steps towards getting there. WHEN: Thu, Sep 21 @ 6:30p - 8:30p WHERE: Brand Experience Lab 520 Broadway, 5th Floor (Map Link: http://tinyurl.com/pw3tu) 41 NY Come by and kick off the 2006 - 2007 season with NYC IxDA. See what everyone has been up to this Summer, meet old friends, and make new ones! 2006-09-21 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/41 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/41/logo.jpg interaction design, ixd, ixda, new york city, nyc, social, ux 2006-10-18 Dan's succeeded in creating a fantastic introduction and overview of our discipline of interaction design. People are encouraged to participate in this discussion, and I know there are many of you with keen insights and thoughtful ideas that would greatly contribute. The open discussion will go on for the next week, until Tuesday October 17. Offsite (non-WELL member) readers with questions or comments may send them to inkwell@well.com to have them added to the conversation. About The WELL The WELL is a cherished and acclaimed destination for conversation and discussion. For twenty years it has captivated intelligent, creative people. It is widely known as the primordial ooze where the online community movement was born — where Howard Rheingold first coined the term "virtual community." Over the last two decades, it's been described as "the world's most influential online community" in a Wired Magazine cover story, and "the Park Place of email addresses" by John Perry Barlow. It's won Dvorak and Webby Awards, inspired songs and novels, and almost invisibly influences modern culture. Now run by Salon Media Group, independent publishers of the ground-breaking Salon.com online news magazine, The WELL continues to cast a long cultural shadow. For many people it's the place you aren't quite sure you've heard of, but may just wish you had. For members, it's a place to come up with the next interesting thing and a way to live. Hope to see you there! Jim James Leftwich, IDSA Orbit Interaction Palo Alto, California http://www.orbitnet.com 91 The WELL is hosting an online interview and discussion with Dan Saffer, of Adaptive Path coinciding with his new book, Designing For Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices. 2006-10-11 true http://user.well.com/engaged/iengaged.cgi?c=inkwell.vue&f=0&t=283&q=0- http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/91 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/91/DFI_Cover.jpg adaptive path, career, dan saffer, design, designing for interaction, discipline, hci, interaction design, interview, ixda, product design, research, service design, textbook, user experience, ux New York USA 2006-10-25 WHEN: Tue, Oct 24 @ 6:30p WHERE: Location given upon RSVP RSVP: nyc-rsvp@ixda.org Our websites have become more functionally rich, thanks to Ajax, Flash, Flex and the like. But our documentation hasn't kept up. We need rich documentation to match the rich experiences we're now able to provide online. In this discussion, we'll explore what wireframes can still do, plus new forms of documenting including lo-fi animations and state diagrams. Dan Saffer is a Senior Interaction Designer at Adaptive Path (http://www.adaptivepath.com/). Dan's book, Designing for Interaction, has been called a "fresh, accessible and thoughtful guide to interaction design" (Richard Grefe, Executive Director, AIGA) and "a bookshelf must-have for anyone thinking of creating new designs" (Jared Spool, CEO of UIE). He served as the senior interaction designer for Ameritrade, the top online brokerage. He led the initial redesign of the Ameritrade site, focusing its features and functionality on active traders. IxDA: Interaction Design Association This event is part of the global community of IxDA. IxDA is a global community of peers dedicated to the advancement and promotion of Interaction Design. Learn more at http://ixda.org/ 42 NY Beyond Wireframes: Documenting RIAs 2006-10-24 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/42 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/42/logo.jpg ajax, design tools, documentation, interaction design, ixda, new york, nyc, rias, wireframes Sunnyvale USA 2006-12-07 Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2006 Socializing and refreshments: 7-7:30 pm Program: 7:30-9:30 pm Place: Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Building C, Classroom 5 Directions: http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20061206/directions/ Presentation by Luke Wroblewski In an increasing number of companies, the role of design is changing dramatically from mere styling to a core ingredient of product strategy and innovation. But what's behind this shift? Why are designers who were previously asked just to "make things pretty" being invited to the corporate strategy table? This talk will examine the impact recent technology and market changes have had on the role of design within modern companies. Luke Wroblewski will discuss * the decreasing gap between ideas and their implementation * the increasing rate of commoditization that that are driven by shorter product lifecycles and cheaper manufacturing * the always on availability of massive data sources * the growing ability of consumers to absorb and enjoy increasingly complex media and user interfaces Designers of all types can use this knowledge to communicate the value of design skills, methodologies, and deliverables to both clients and stakeholders. In other words, this presentation provides an explanation of why design matters more now than ever. Co-sponsors of this event: * IxDA (Interaction Design Association) Silicon Valley Face to Face * BayCHI IxD BOF For more information about his event, go to: http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20061206/ 142 CA Luke Wroblewski on the shifting role of design in today's economy and a panel that includes, Lisa Anderson (Intuit), Pabini Gabriel-Petit (Spirit Softworks), Andrei Herasimchuk (Involution Studios). 2006-12-06 false http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20061206/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/142 baychi, business, california, design, ixda, strategy San Francisco USA 2007-10-19 Location: C|net CNET Networks Building 235 Second Street Between Howard and Folsom Time: 6:30 pm – Social Hour with light refreshments 7:00 pm – Presentation Taking advantage of industrial design presence in San Francisco for the ICSID/IDSA Connecting 07 conference, IxDA San Francisco is delighted to host an evening of dialog between two closely related but often siloed fields: Industrial Design and Interaction Design. On October 18 at C|net, we will hear case studies from Cooper, frog design, Motorola and IDEO, highlighting the intersection point of the two disciplines and the ups and downs of collaboration. Our presenters: * Dave Cronin, Director of Interaction Design at Cooper * Jennifer Kilian, Creative Director at frog design frog design’s client * Gabriel White, former Interaction Design Lead for the Motorola Motofone, Principal Designer at frog design * Danny Stillion, Design Director at IDEO Presented by IxDA-SF and C|net 330 CA INTERSECTION: Where Interaction and Industrial Design Meet featuring case studies from Cooper, frog design, Motorola and IDEO 2007-10-18 false http://gamma.ixda.org/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/330 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/330/assoc_ixda.jpg design, icsid, industrial design, interaction design, ixda Pittsburgh USA 2008-02-06 IXDA Pittsburgh will feature two 20-minute presentations from local designers, each showing off current best practices. • Julie Carlini will present a demo on prototyping with Axure RP • David Bishop will give Illustrator tips and tricks Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Time: 7 pm Place: Viz / General Dynamics C4 Systems SouthSide Works Building 2, Suite 310 2730 Sidney Street Pittsburgh, PA 15203 Go to the 3rd Floor. Look for the big VIZ sign on the wall contact: Michele Marut IXDA LA for Pittsburgh mmarut15 at gmail.com 399 PA Join us for an evening of interaction design tips and techniques. 2008-02-05 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/399 ixda Savannah USA 2008-02-11 Interaction 08 will be held from February 8-10, 2008 in historic and festive Savannah, Georgia, on the campus of The Savannah College of Art and Design. Join several hundred Interaction Designers from around the world as we address the design of interactive systems of all types: applications (web and desktop), mobile, consumer electronics, digitally enhanced environments, and more. Start your year off with stimulating talk, fun parties, and smart discussions about our growing field. Interaction 08 will feature two days of inspirational and tactical sessions geared at anyone who practices Interaction Design, as well as a day of pre-conference workshops. We're planning two tracks of thought provoking discussions during each day, followed by social gatherings on Friday and Saturday evenings. Keynotes: Alan Cooper - CEO; Cooper Sigi Moeslinger - Principal; Antenna Design Bill Buxton - Principal Researcher; Microsoft Malcolm McCullough - Prof. of Architecture; Univ. of Michigan Invited Speakers: # Jared Spool, UIE # Dan Brown, EightShapes # Sarah Allen, Laszlo Systems # Régine Debatty, We Make Money Not Art # Jenny Lam, Jackson Fish Market # Matt Jones, BBC # Aza Raskin, Humanized # Molly Wright Steenson, Princeton University Conference Pricing: Before November 15: $499 November 15 and After: $599 Students: $299 Half day workshops: $250 296 GA Interaction Design Association Inaugural International Conference in Savannah, GA, USA. 2008-02-08 false http://interaction08.ixda.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/296 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/296/ad1.gif design, georgia, industrial design, interaction design, interaction design association, international, ixd, ixda, scad, us Pittsburgh USA 2008-04-25 Date: Thursday, April 24 2008 Time: 6:30 PM Refreshments & Networking 7:00 PM Presentations 8:00 PM Optional trip to the Walnut Grill in Shadyside for drinks Place: Daedalus Excel's Offices, 4914 Baum Blvd, 15213 Map: http://www.daed.com/contact_maps.tt2 RSVP: An RSVP is not required, but it helps us to have an idea of the head count for the venue. Please send RSVPs to mmarut15 at gmail.com Local IXDA members will be giving brief presentations on a timely IXD topic for the purpose of engaging the group in a discussion. Sofia Mirza, MDes '07, Communication & Information Design, will present her Visualization Toolkit: Tools for Visualizing Qualitative Information for Understanding Peter Bird, MDes '08, Communication & Information Design, will present his ongoing thesis work on Designing for Travel: An Analysis of Public Transportation System Information Aids Don Charlton from Wall-to-Wall Studios will present his Lessons for Interface Designers :A series of quick, easily-digestable ideas William Bernstein from Daedalus Excel will present a case study on the Development of an Interface for Home Dialysis 460 PA Local IXDA members will be giving brief presentations on a timely IXD topic for the purpose of engaging the group in a discussion. 2008-04-24 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/460 information architecture, interaction design, ixda New York USA 2008-06-17 "Micro-Interactions in a 2.0 World" We live in a world where the little things really do matter. Each encounter -- no matter how brief -- is a micro interaction which makes a deposit or withdrawal from our rational and emotional subconscious. The sum of these interactions and encounters adds up to how we feel about a particular product, brand or service. Little things. Feelings. They influence our everyday behaviors more than we realize. SPEAKER David Armano VP Experience Design Critical Mass WHEN Monday, June 16th 6:15 - 7:00 networking (refreshments served) 7:00 - 8:00 presentation 8:00 - 8:30 Q&A and discussion* WHERE SoHo; location details provided on RSVP RSVP Send e-mail to: nyc-rsvp@ixda.org ABOUT THE SPEAKER David Armano has over 14 years experience in the communications industry with the majority of his time spent in digital marketing and experience design. An active thought leader in the industry, David authors the popular Logic + Emotion blog currently ranked in the top 25 of the “Power 150” as listed by Advertising Age. David’s writing and visual thinking has been cited by respected sources such as by Forrester, Crain’s and landed him in BusinessWeek on several occasions including their “Best of 2006”. David leads an interdisciplinary group of designers, writers and content strategists for the Chicago office of Critical Mass a marketing agency focused on creating extraordinary experiences. Aside from his presence on the Web, David is known as an evangelist for customer-centric strategies and acts as an advocate for the creation of meaningful interactions. In his spare time he contributes articles to various professional publications and spends as much quality time with his family as possible. *After the event we'll move from micro interactions to macro interactions with some of the smartest, hippest, coolest and geekiest people around. Join us for drinks at Sweet & Vicious (5 Spring St between Bowery & Elizabeth). 486 NY Please join us for an enlightening presentation and discussion on "Micro-Interactions in a 2.0 World" with David Armano, VP Experience Design at Critical Mass. RSVP to: nyc-rsvp@ixda.org 2008-06-16 false http://www.ixda.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/486 david armano, experience, interaction design, ixda, new york, nyc Pittsburgh USA 2008-06-19 When: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Refreshments and Networking: 6:30-7:00 PM Presentation and Discussion: 7:00 - 8:30 PM Post-event Mingle: 8:30 PM onwards Topic: "Making a Difference" As interaction designers, we all want to see our work go to market, be loved by its users, and make a positive difference in their lives. And that is Fit's intention: to lead, nurture, connect and equip its clients so that what they make fits the complexities of life and positively affects the common good. Fit partners Marc Rettig and Jenna Date will describe their approach to integrating design practices, ethnographic research, and the practical necessities of organizational change. Through project stories, they'll share practical techniques and points of view on process, collaboration, and making a positive difference for teams, organizations, and end users. Please RSVP: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pXQ-v5NgcfQnvYmkxLZzReQ&email=true 488 PA Interaction and user experience designers will learn practical techniques and points of view on process, collaboration, and making a positive difference for teams, organizations, and end users. 2008-06-18 false http://www.fitassociates.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/488 design, ethnography, interaction design, ixda New York USA 2008-07-25 - – - – - – - – - RSVP to: nyc-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org - – - – - – - – - Throughout the electronic age, people have become accustomed to interacting with digital media indirectly, mediated through screens and peripheral devices. But now, as digital technology becomes invisibly embedded in everyday things, the “feeling” of everyday things is also increasingly becoming embedded in digital technology. In many senses, physical objects are becoming more important. In an immediate way, they can help us define new systems of relationships with digital information. Luke Williams, Creative Director at frog design, examines how perceptions and gestures formed through our experiences with physical products can effectively bring liberty to the relationship between brain, body, and digital media interface. WHEN Thursday, July 24th 6:15 – 7:00 networking (refreshments served) 7:00 – 8:00 presentation 8:00 – 8:30 Q&A and discussion WHERE Location details provided on RSVP - – - – - – - – - RSVP to: nyc-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org - – - – - – - – - ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Luke Williams is Creative Director for frog design, and heads the Industrial Design practice for the New York and Austin studios. Prior to that, he worked in frog’s Silicon Valley and San Francisco studios as a creative lead for projects spanning a wide variety of enterprises such as Daimler Chrysler, Disney, Hewlett-Packard, Logitech, Microsoft, Motorola and Yahoo!. In addition to his role at frog design, Luke is an Adjunct Professor at NYU Stern School of Business where he co-founded the “Innovation and Design” course to teach design thinking in the graduate MBA program. Luke’s opinions on innovation and design have been sought after in interviews with National Public Radio (NPR), BusinessWeek, ID Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, and he speaks regularly throughout the international design community. - – - – - – - – - RSVP to: nyc-rsvp (at) ixda (dot) org - – - – - – - – - 495 NY “The Naked Interface—Liberating Brain, Body, and Digital Interactions” a presentation by Luke Williams, Creative Director at frog design 2008-07-24 false http://ixda.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/495 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/495/IxDA_NYC_logo2.png design, industrial design, interaction design, ixd, ixda, user experience design, ux New York USA 2008-09-18 “Tap is the New Click” Even though the technology has been around for decades, only now are we starting to see mass production and adoption of touchscreen and gestural devices for the public. Jeff Han’s influential 2006 TED demonstration of his multitouch system, followed by the launches of Nintendo’s Wii, Apple’s iPhone, and Microsoft Surface, have announced a new era of interaction design, one where gestures in space and touches on a screen will be as prominent as pointing and clicking. But how do you create products for this new paradigm? While most of us know how to design desktop and web applications, what do you need to know to design for interactive gestures? This introduction to designing gestural interfaces will cover the basics: usability and ergonomics; a brief history of the technology; some elemental patterns of use; prototyping and documenting; and how to communicate that a gestural interface is present to users. When: 6:15 - 7:00 networking 7:00 - 8:00 presentation 8:00 - 8:30 Q&A Plan to arrive by 6:45 p.m. to clear security and be seated Where: R/GA 350 West 39th Street New York, NY 10018 RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/67ukh6 (If you have any problem with the URL, send email to: nyc.ixda (at) gmail (dot) com) ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Dan Saffer is an experience design director for Adaptive Path. An international speaker and author, his writing on design has appeared in BusinessWeek and many online publications. His acclaimed book Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices has been called “a bookshelf must-have for anyone thinking of creating new designs” and has been translated into several languages. His new book on interactive gestures will be published by O’Reilly in October 2008. Dan is a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and the Interaction Design Association (IxDA). He received his Master of Design in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University. 517 NY Come hear interaction design rock star Dan Saffer and hobnob with the NYC design community! Sponsored by R/GA (yes, refreshments will be served). Note: Only those on the RSVP list will be admitted. 2008-09-17 false http://tinyurl.com/67ukh6 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/517 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/517/ixda_nyc_logo.jpg adaptive path, dan saffer, interaction design, ixda, nyc, rga New York USA 2008-10-17 Are you currently building web-based applications? Are you tasked with adding more interactivity to your web applications? Do you want to learn interaction design skills geared towards adding interactivity and richness to your web-based solutions? As we manage more information, there is greater need for us to use more complex interactions to guide us through finding, selecting, creating, acting upon, sharing, and finally consuming the information around us. Whether through a web browser, an Adobe AIR application, or your cell phone, rich interactions can aid your users and provide differentiated value to the businesses that engage you. Expert interaction designer David Malouf has created a seminar exploring the most important issues surrounding the web’s most sophisticated applications. This course will teach you: 1. What defines an RIA, its building blocks, the environment and the differing and complementary technologies. 2. How to deconstruct existing applications to learn important lessons from those that came before you. How to guide in the selection of technologies and make your designs more technologically agnostic. 3. What are design patterns and how they can help you over time increase design quality and consistency when used properly. 4. Documentation techniques that help you move from static pages to rich application design communications. This is a 1-day seminar with exercises for practice and lots of discussion. 529 NY By popular demand, expert interaction designer David Malouf's seminar returns, exploring the most important issues surrounding the web's most sophisticated applications. 2008-10-16 false http://smartexperience.org/classes/interaction-design-for-rias/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/529 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/529/smartexperience.logo.png design, interaction design, internet, ixda, malouf, ria, rich internet applications, web