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5.0 INTERACTION DESIGN

PRODUCT DESIGN

PRINCIPLES OF INTERACTION DESIGN | SUMMER 2014

DESIGNISM #13

BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, PREPARATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS.– ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

THE NEXT STEP

After the research comes the product design.

Its the development of the design concept, the integration of user’s goals into the product features, the marketing strategy, the rapid prototyping and the iterations of fixes based on evaluations.

PLANNING

PRODUCT ROADMAPA product roadmap is a high-level plan that describes how the product is likely to grow.

WORKSHOP

IDEATION + VISUAL RESEARCHVisual research methods allow designers to

source inspiration for their projects.

BRAINSTORMING

WORD LISTS

MIND MAPPING

VISUAL BRAIN DUMP

FORCED CONNECTIONS

MOODBOARD

BRAINSTORMING

WORD LISTS

MIND MAPPING

VISUAL BRAIN DUMP

FORCED CONNECTIONS

MOODBOARD

TOOLS

WORKING IN TEAMSUse technology to your advantage,

collaboration has never been easier.

GOOGLE DRIVE

GOOGLE DOCS

GOOGLE SLIDES

YAMMER

DROPBOX

SKYPE

INVISION

DESIGN

WIREFRAMESA visual guide that represents the skeletal

framework of an interface.

LO FIDELITY

HI FIDELITY

LO FIDELITY

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BRANDING WORD LIST

Smart

Sharp

Real

Quick

Easy-going

Discreet

Fun

Casual

Engaging

Free

Incognito

Happy

Effortless

Connecting

Fast

Deep

Useful

Sneaky

Funny

Edgy

Humorous

Ambitious

Modern

Sassy

These words were the most common in the questionnaire in both brand and customer personality.

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STRATEGY

SIMPLE AND USABLE

SIMPLICITY

Simple products are easy to use, so they find a popular audience.

Simple products are reliable, so people develop an attachment to them.

Simple products are adaptable, so they end up being used in surprising ways.

COMPLEXITY

The more features you add, the lesschance a new feature will be of real value to anyone.

Increased complexity means userscan’t easily find the features that areimportant to them.

CONTROL

The key need for users is to feel thatthey’re in control of the technology they are using, and in control of their lives. Your design shouldn’t interfere with that control.

Simple experiences make users feelconfident that they’re making goodchoices.

DESIGNISM #14

THE MORE USERS’ EXPECTATIONS PROVE RIGHT, THE MORE THEY WILL FEEL IN CONTROL OF THE SYSTEM AND THE MORE THEY WILL LIKE IT.– JACOB NIELSEN

SIMPLE IS NOT THE SAME AS USABLE

EXTREME SIMPLICITY

To be simple, you have to aim forsomething more extreme than theregular goals for usability.

USABILITY

SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE

EASY TO USE

RESPONDS QUICKLY

UNDERSTOOD QUICKLY

WORKS RELIABLY

COMPLETE INFORMATION

WORKS IN A USER TEST

SIMPLICITY

ANYONE CAN USE IT

EFFORTLESS TO USE

RESPONDS INSTANTLY

UNDERSTOOD AT A GLANCE

WORKS ALWAYS

JUST ENOUGH INFORMATION

WORKS IN CHAOS

LAWS OF SIMPLICITY

In 2006, John Maeda, currently the president of Rhode Island School of Design, published Laws of Simplicity to find ways for people to simplify their life in the face of growing complexity.

He was born in Seattle—whoop whoop!, worked as a software engineer at MIT before going to work at RISD, and is a practicing artist in electronic media.

LAWS OF SIMPLICITY

1. THE SIMPLEST WAY TO ACHIEVE SIMPLICITY IS THROUGH THOUGHTFUL REDUCTION.

LAWS OF SIMPLICITY

2. ORGANIZATION MAKES A SYSTEM OF MANY APPEAR FEWER. AN EFFECTIVE SCHEME FOR ORGANIZATION IS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE DEFINITIVE SUCCESS IN TAMING COMPLEXITY.

LAWS OF SIMPLICITY

3. TIME. WHEN ANY INTERACTION WITH PRODUCTS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS HAPPENS QUICKLY, WE ATTRIBUTE THIS EFFICIENCY TO THE PERCEIVED SIMPLICITY OF EXPERIENCE.

LAWS OF SIMPLICITY

4. LEARNING. KNOWLEDGE MAKES EVERYTHING SIMPLER. DIFFICULT TASKS SEEM EASIER WHEN THEY ARE NEED TO KNOW RATHER THAN NICE TO KNOW.

LAWS OF SIMPLICITY

5. DIFFERENCES. SIMPLICITY AND COMPLEXITY NEED EACH OTHER. THE MORE COMPLEXITY THERE IS IN THE MARKET, THE MORE THAT SOMETHING SIMPLER STANDS OUT.

LAWS OF SIMPLICITY

6. CONTEXT. WHAT LIES IN THE PERIPHERY OF SIMPLICITY IS DEFINITELY NOT PERIPHERAL. UNDERSTAND THE SPACE AROUND THE USER, THE DEVICE, AND THE TASK.

LAWS OF SIMPLICITY

7. MORE EMOTIONS ARE BETTER THAN LESS. IF THEY DON’T LOVE IT, THEY HATE IT.

LAWS OF SIMPLICITY

8. IN SIMPLICITY WE TRUST. SIMPLE FEELS HONEST AND TRANSPARENT.

LAWS OF SIMPLICITY

9. FAILURE. SOME THINGS CAN NEVER BE MADE SIMPLE. NOT ALL PROBLEMS HAVE SIMPLE SOLUTIONS. NOT EVERYONE VIEWS SIMPLICITY THE SAME.

LAWS OF SIMPLICITY

10. THE ONE. SIMPLICITY IS ABOUT SUBTRACTING THE OBVIOUS, AND ADDING THE MEANINGFUL. FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS, CREATE CLARITY AND PURPOSE FOR THE USER.

4 STRATEGIES FOR SIMPLICITY

RemoveOrganizeHideDisplace

REMOVE

According to a recent study, 64% of software features are “never or rarely used.”

Removing or omitting features can lead to successful products, and allows designers to focus on solving a few important problems really well.

FOCUS ON WHAT’S CORE

KILL LAME FEATURES

DON’T “WHAT IF...” ABOUT FUTURE FEATURES

PRIORITIZE FEATURES

CHOICE OVERWHELMS USERS

GET RID OF DISTRACTION AND CLUTTER

REMOVE WORDS

SIMPLIFY SENTENCES

ORGANIZE

Organizing is often the quickest way to make things simpler.

Try to emphasize just one or two important things.

CHUNK INFORMATION INTO GROUPS

ORGANIZE FOR BEHAVIOR

MAKE STRONG DISTINCTIONS

UTILIZE GRID AND HIERARCHY

HIDE

Hiding means putting a barrier between a user and the feature.

You must carefully choose what to hide so not to inconvenience the user.

HIDE INFREQUENT BUT NECESSARY ITEMS

HIDE CUSTOMIZATIONS, OPTIONS AND SETTINGS.

GIVE CUES AND CLUES

MAKE THINGS EASY TO FIND

DISPLACE

Put features on a different devicealtogether.

However, if you displace all the features then its hard to guess what the product can actually do.

DESIGNISM #15

THE DESIGN IS DONE WHEN THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY.– JASON FRIED