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Critical Interface DesignCaring about more, than paying the bills
Lutz SchmittWebExpo – Prague 2012
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Glad you made it!Thank you for joining.
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Let’s talk about:interfacesethicspowerhappinesspeople
and us.
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We all are designers
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2,3oo,ooo,ooo people access the internet5,9oo,ooo,ooo mobile subscriptions
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starting point
Everything has an interface
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the age of wonders
Everybody and everything is connected
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thesis #1
The interface is everything
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beyond imagination
Nobody understands technology anymore.Perception happens with the interfaces only
DESIGN FOR CONVERSION in a nutshell
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conclusion
We design the most vital part of the glue that keeps everything together
DESIGN FOR CONVERSION in a nutshell
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about our work
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back in the days
We had quite a way to go, to understand how these new media could used and made usable.
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evolution of perspective
User experience (UX) is the way a person feels about using a product, system or service
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thesis #2
User experience design is just educated marketing
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userbusiness value
Creating valuable user experiences
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opportunity space
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opportunity space
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conclusion
Most times we just fine tune interaction
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uservalue
designer
business
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all are happy
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comfort zone
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point of view
Most times we are paid for staying in the comfort zone
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ethics
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thesis #3
We follow a near-sightedutilitarianism code of action
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utilitarianismAn ethical philosophy in which the happiness of the greatest number of people in the society is considered the greatest good. According to this philosophy, an action is morally right if its consequences lead to happiness (absence of pain), and wrong if it ends in unhappiness (pain).
Source: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/utilitarianism.html
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summary
If your actions resulted in happiness for a majority of people, you did good.
It’s OK, if some became unhappy.
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Market Economy
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Market Economy
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Market Economy
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some moral problems
Utilitarianism ethics sometimes just doesn’t help anyways
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revision
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DESIGN FOR CONVERSION in a nutshellpicture by amazon.com
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MAKE METHINK
ABOUT THERIGHT STUFF
Now we like you to
use your brain
A common sense approach to interface design
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more ethics
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thesis #4
Every time we design an interface we’re defining absolute rules
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thesis #4
Every time we design an interface we’re defining universal rules.
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what should be taken into account
First formulation of the categorical imperative
“Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.”
Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals
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summary
Always act in a way, that you want everybody to act, too
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conclusion
As we are designing deterministic systems, we should consider Kant’s thoughts.
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my state of mind
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mental model
“Design is invisible”by Lucius Burckhardt
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When we design, wealways change something to
the complex system, that’s called
society
If we design a chair, a sign or a website, we always need to consider the impact to the system.
This is what we must design at first, not the product.
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My stand as of today
Change things in a way, that it becomes easier for others to do good instead of bad.
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wrap up
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power of design
Remember every day, that we do change the world
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don't be a timid sheep
At least stop complaining, that you are one
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question your emotional state
Are you happy?
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question the comfort zone
Nobody will invite you to do so,but it's probably a good thing
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start with yourself
Try to find out first, what you should change.
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be influential
Don't stop at manipulating users.
Do it with your colleagues, employees, bosses, stakeholders and clients, too
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Thank you, again!
Twitter: @luxux
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