mobile design: emotion, behaviour and human context
DESCRIPTION
We look at the speed and growth of the mobile information age, and it's subsequent effects on physical trends, culture and behaviors.TRANSCRIPT
MOBILE DESIGN PROCESS
Emotion, behaviour and human context
Antony Ribot, CEO, Ribot
Mobile Design UK - 23.02.2009
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paopix/468073073/
sketchism
paper vs Fireworks (30 secs vs 3 mins)
less time invested = less emotional attachment
faster iteration cycles
= better ideas, fewer problems
http://culturedcode.com/things/blog/
sketches: inspired by GTD
Clear your mind for the problem solving
No sketching ability required
Resulting in a more collaborative idea space
tip: don’t throw away your sketches
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rohdesign/147832534/
emotional design
passionate designers != great design
as time investment grows, doors are closed
investigate pair-designing as a solution
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hownowbrowncow/2780967976
human behaviours
what finger do we use to press the doorbell with?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tscarlisle/107776922/
(changing) human behaviours
what finger does the younger marketpress the doorbell with?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phototropism/62931265/
our romance with the book
museum-bound?
replaced by future mobile devices?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tscarlisle/2119697858/
a tangible future?
mass digitisation over the last 20 years
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidelong/2945717204/
haptic feedback is part humanising objects
“media is an extension due to the inability of the human body” - Marshall McLuhan: Understanding Media. 1964
touch to take over?
40:60 touchscreen:keypad split in 2009?
much improvement to come
how does this affect the thumb generation?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/omargutierrez/75859895/
touch me in 3D
accelerometers, compasses, haptics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/infxualbydesign/1338260845/
tangible sprinting
be technology agnostic (keep UX and UI in mind)
all the technical platforms exist right now
it’s up to us to make a better UX / UI
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mklingo/2802162622/
questions
Antony Ribotribot.co.uk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronlayters/2402199783/
“my sister took her iPhone back to the O2 store, complaining that the web pages were too small to read” - twitter user
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mastrobiggo/2322403792