Complex applications that support experts' specialized work with large amounts of content and data like cloud computing, user analytics, or catalogs depend on good information architecture to make them usable. Come hear an overview of the best UI patterns for handling complexity and density and how to grow them over time because, yes, that complicated thing you're managing is only going to become more so.
Emotion has always played a role in how humans make sense of the world, yet taxonomies, categorization and information architecture practice tend to privilege logic over affect. While UX methods like card sorting and tree testing don't necessarily dictate to users what criteria they must use to create categories and arrange content (especially if its open or hybrid card sorting), these methods are still generally considered quantitative and encourage users to think logically, especially if asked to reason out how or why they sorted content in a particular way. However, this privileging of logic in human sense-making and thus of information architecture and design has always been limited, and the compounding effects of a global pandemic; rises in racist violence and oppression against trans folks; limits on reproductive freedom; and the ever-increasingly impossible-to-deny degradation of our natural environment and the effects of climate change only make the limits of this view all the more obvious.
In this talk, we'll discuss what it might look like to not only abide or allow for emotion in information architecture, but account for it, embrace it, and actively seek it out. What would an IA of joy look like? Or sorrow? Of rage? Of justice or radical empathy? I'll include some examples of conducting UX interviews, card sorts and other quantitative and qualitative UX methods in ways that intentionally mine for emotional and affective states, as well as practical methods for mapping these out and translating them into actionable data and designs that reflect more resonant and human IA and systems.
Around the world not everyone views time in the same way, and its perception has a striking impact on how cultures have developed and how they act both in business and in the personal sphere.
Time and its understanding affect more than how we schedule or how we structure our days, and they are one of the many dimensions we should be aware of when we are working among other cultures. When leading a global team, differences in how we agree, make decisions or deliver feedback can make or break your relationships with and between team members, and with stakeholders and clients.
This session will explore time and other dimensions of operating in multi-cultural environments, help you understand your team members and colleagues better and give you a few pointers on how to leverage cultural differences to drive action.
Enlightenment means many things. A state of wisdom, a well informed understanding, an elevation of knowledge. Enlightenment often includes mindfulness, the practice of being present and focused in the moment. Design can sometimes feel nearly opposite, out of the box, haphazard, abstract, and creative, pulling inspiration from a variety of sources and situations and thrown on the wall like spaghetti to see if it sticks. How can we enlighten our design process? Join me for this talk where we explore three key tenants to successful a design project: Setting an intention, mindfulness, and reflection.
Design Principles are guiding values that help members of any organization ask constructive questions and make decisions that pull the organization in a unified direction. Hear how we made ours, and let us help you start yours!
