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Contextual Design

How to walk the walk.

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Hi, I’m George

@georgedyjr @propellerlabsco

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Beauty is not enough.

Pretty designs alone won’t cut it.

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Context is King.Empathize for your users. Learn their day.

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Many projects start with the same process.

Conceptualizing, sketching, interaction design, visual and interface design

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But not every project is the same.

When is the user most active? Where is your user engaged with the product?

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More industries and services require applications to advance their companies.

Applications are becoming agnostic to industries.

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Q: How do you design a check list app?

Good UX requires designing around context.

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This.Is different from…

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That.So, why should they look the same?

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One for your parents.

And one for a structural engineer who inspects buildings under construction.

Design a Checklist.

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Modernizing Building Inspection Flow

An app for a structural engineering firm

Streamline building inspections

Cater to a very particular user, “the building inspector”

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Imprecision

Sometimes inaccurate and glove-wearing.

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Connectivity

Remote regions and underground makes connecting to the internet difficult.

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Quick and fool-proof interactions.

Design around original plans for familiarity.

Caching & core data for local data storage.

Matching the “analog” workflow as closely as possible.

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All your photos. Whenever you need them.

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Access

Available anywhere around the world and on any kind of network.

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Physical

Our target was the photobook-printing, scrapbook-y crowd.

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Your high resolution photos, on demand.

Design for a roll of infinite photos.

Adding texture and layering that felt like the final product.

Making editing as natural as viewing.

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Elements of great UX

Empathize with your user. !

Anticipate interactions. !

Design and develop around your unique context.

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Everything. All the time.

User experience is not just design or development, it’s the whole package that makes your user feel good.

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Thanks. Let’s chat.

@georgedyjr [email protected]

!@propellerlabsco

http://propellerlabs.co