4 h. workshop
This workshop will take you on an in-depth journey through the basics of object-oriented UX. You will design (and learn about the value of designing) systems using recognisable components that match the user’s mental model.
Experience strategy
Cross-channel
We like to think that the top navigation is really important. It’s a critical component to the user experience... right?
But in practice, what is the very first thing that we hide when screen size gets tight? The navigation. Even if it’s not hidden, we are starting to see that users actually ignore persistent navigation. Instead, they often go straight for the big shiny objects — the content on the page. And users want that content to be connected to other relevant content. They don’t want to hunt through your menus, however well-intentioned.
In addition, users are rarely entering an experience through a prescriptive homepage. They are coming in through back doors like search and social. When a user lands on a content object (an article, an event, an artist, a campaign, a product), we need to ensure that they are offered up other relevant content beyond the obligatory you-might-also-be-interested-in crosslinking. And we need to make sure that from that one object instance a user can start to understand the larger system. If a homepage tells your user how your system works, object-oriented UX (OOUX) shows them.
This half day workshop will take you on an in-depth journey through the basics of object-oriented UX. Together, we will design systems comprised of consistent and recognisable objects that match our user’s real-world mental model. By focusing on objects, we will learn new strategies to create elegant, effective and modular design systems.
Session takeaways:
- The objects-first philosophy and why it’s valuable;
- The object mapping methodology;
- How to bridge OOUX and interaction design;
- How to prioritise objects to define a minimum viable product and a plan for the future;
- How to sketch “mobile-first” with hierarchy diagrams;
- How to prototype and test a user’s mental model.
Sophia Voychehovski
Sophia Voychehovski is the founder of Rewired, a UX studio based in Atlanta, GA, that consults solely to non-profits and social enterprises. Sophia founded Rewired after almost a decade of leading UX efforts for clients such as AT&T, the Internal Revenue Service, the Australian Tax Office and Blue Cross Blue Shield. She also served as a leader on the CNN.com UX team, most notably architecting the responsive design that presented results for the 2012 presidential elections. Sophia speaks internationally on object-oriented UX, which she believes is the future of web design.
In a multi-channel reality, conceptual modelling can serve as a powerful bridge between your organisation’s strategy and the structures that get built into digital products. From the fundamental theory to the practical implementation, this workshop will explain how.
This workshop will take you on an in-depth journey through the basics of object-oriented UX. You will design (and learn about the value of designing) systems using recognisable components that match the user’s mental model.
Mapping puts the focus on the relationship between our mental models and the environment. In this workshop, we will take some of these indicated trails and attempt to map out our world at the moment.
Welkom in Amsterdam
EuroIA returns to Amsterdam, the city that in 2008 hosted probably the most successful and definitely the most well-attended of all EuroIA conferences.
EuroIA 2016 takes place at The Renaissance Hotel, in the heart of Amsterdam, within walking distance of the Amsterdam central train station and Amsterdam's main highlights.
The Renaissance Hotel
Kattengat 1
Amsterdam, 1012 SZ
The Netherlands
+31 (0)20 621 2223
About EuroIA
EuroIA is the leading Information Architecture (IA) and User Experience (UX) conference for Europe.
EuroIA has travelled through Europe over the years: Brussels, Barcelona, Rome, Berlin, Paris, Prague... In 2016 we return to Amsterdam. Learn more about EuroIA.
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