Human-centered product design in 2019

Part 5 of 5 in the series Human-centered product design in 2019.

In a commercial environment “being human-centered” is a philosophy, a belief that focusing on humans when defining and delivering products will be valuable to the organization.

“Design” is also a philosophy, a set of method stances for solving wicked problems such as those posed when we want to make it possible for humans to change with the help of a product.

My view is that in the product definition work the role of product designer contains the roles of ethnographic researcher, concept developer, interaction specialist, information architect and possibly art director. The latter three roles are also done by the product designer during delivery.

Being a human-centered product designer thereby means that I choose to include humans in the design-adhering methods that I use to understand desires, create solution concepts, and ensure usability.

NISO conference talk: From somewhat awful to pretty great for librarians, a new e-commerce tool

We started building an e-commerce tool for librarians to license individual eBooks. The first version was partly good, partly awful. It is getting better, a little at a time.

Interaction design: The Bolibompa dragon

Part 13 of 13 in the series Some of my skills.

All adults know that dragons giggle when they are tickled. But many kids have not found that out yet. So we in the Bolibompa team set out to build a digital dragon who kids relate to and whom they want to tickle! A Ticklish Mission.

Design research: How we 3 to 5 year olds behave

Part 12 of 13 in the series Some of my skills.

Sure, we are individuals. But when we are given an iPad many of us behave quite predictably. We always relax ... and are always active.

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