[IxDA Discuss] Mobile UI Design Tutorial

[Matt Davies]

For those interested in interaction and visual design for mobile UI,  
I will be joint presenting a tutorial at the Mobile HCI 06 Conference  
in Espoo, Finland on September 12th.

Details below:

Tutorial 3: Designing user Interfaces for future mobile applications  
and services- a complete interaction and visual design process  
walkthrough

Full day.

The tutorial will include presentations, instructor-led material and  
collaborative group design exercises. The instructors will walk- 
through their design process as a foundation to the day and show  
examples of their mobile UI designs. Design exercises will enable  
attendees to work together on a half-day project to create their own  
mobile phone UI concept.

Description
The theme of the tutorial is to provide a practical walkthrough of  
our mobile industry-based design processes and methods. The tutorial  
focuses on combining interaction design and visual design disciplines  
to create new mobile applications and services. The approach and  
content is based on our extensive project experience with a range of  
international clients. The tutorial will start with presentations by  
the instructors, covering user-centred design and visual design for  
mobile user interfaces. This will be followed by an interactive  
discussion, where the audience can find out more from the instructors  
about designing in a real industry environment.The second half of the  
tutorial will enable the attendees to work in groups on their own  
design concept as a team. The design exercises will use design tools  
such as concept brainstorming, concept sketching, personas,  
scenarios, visual design considerations, paper prototyping. The final  
part of the tutorial will include design review presentations by each  
group. The instructors will review the designs with the larger group  
and all can discuss.

Target Audience
The tutorial is aimed at introductory to intermediate level  
attendees. It will appeal to anyone who wants to understand a UI  
design process used to create applications and services for the  
mobile phone marketplace.

Some participants may be newcomers to the field, others may be  
designers, developers and researchers who already design products or  
research mobile UI as part of their work.

Developers and designers: An opportunity to see processes and work by  
other designers in the industry and compare approaches.

Students and researchers: An opportunity to understand and interact  
with industry-based designers in the mobile UI design field.

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Conference website at:

http://mobilehci.soberit.hut.fi/