Every product, interface, system or service has technical, identity and use's values. I strive to balance them with wisdom when designing. My final purpose is to design useful, usable and desirable solutions at the same time, where form not only gracefully follows function but makes sense and conveys emotion. As an interaction designer, I focus on users and I see new technologies as means to satisfy their needs and expectations. I love making complex things appear simple. People say we're kind of creative problem solvers. I fully agree with that definition. My approach is driven by users, but also flexible, experimentative and instinctive. I strongly believe in iterative progression involving early prototyping and testing. There are main steps I always include in my design process to answer a given problematic. These steps are not linear nor chronological but "ideative", logical and complementary so I usually come and goes from one to another... RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS Knowing users, stakes, environment, competitors etc. This part is really important. It permitts to understand users and their environments, but also to take into account existing projects or actors in order to make right strategic choices and find what is (are) the problem(s) to be solved. Employed methods and actions (depending on projects and constraints)
Mapping and analysis of the research results Personnas Emerging of creative paths and new uses CONCEPTUALIZATION & IDEATIVE PROGRESSION Inventing and outlining alternatives Maybe the most exciting part. From observations, analysis, existing projects etc. Creating innovative alternatives and outlining possible solutions. Employed methods and actions (depending on projects and constraints)
"Pre-projects" with detailed user scenarii Different global credible alternatives MATERIALIZATION & REFINEMENTS Making it real, desirable. Doing the right thing. Chosing one alternative and making it desirable and usable for targeted audience and preparing the implementation. Employed methods and actions (depending on projects and constraints)
One final credible project that can easily be shown A document explaining all the aspects of the project All the documents needed for the implementation I can also be present during the IMPLEMENTATION so as to keep an eye on the technical steps and decisions. I also can TEST the final system in order to refine it iteratively or to redesign parts if necessary. |