Simplicity in the details
A workshop by Giles Colborne
Getting the big things right is often a matter of making sure the details are right. Your simple design can be undermined by tiny moments of frustration, anxiety, and confusion. This workshop looks at what simplicity really is. When it’s appropriate and when it is not. Through examples and exercises, you’ll learn about how to make simple interactions more efficient and why some of the design patterns we’ve come to rely on are not the best ones for long-term use. And you’ll go away with tips, rules and techniques you can apply in your everyday work.
Giles Colborne
Giles founded cxpartners with Richard Caddick in 2004 since when it has grown to become an international consultancy which works with global companies to create web and mobile user experiences that make a measurable difference to their bottom line and their customers’ lives. His book ‘Simple and usable web mobile and interaction design’ is a best-seller in the US, UK and China.
His career in usability and user centred design began in 1991 at British Aerospace before moving to Institute of Physics Publishing where he created some of the first commercial online publications and Havas where he led work on some notable sites such as the Euro 96 the first major sports tournament on the Web, Peugeot’s online car sales programme and a global user research programme for Intel.
Giles is actively involved in the community - most recently as co-chair of IA Summit 2013 - and is a former President of the UK Usability Professionals’ Association. He has worked with British Standards Institute in developing guidance on web accessibility.
