We’re very lucky to have folks from 3 of Brighton’s finest mobile development firms giving talks on designing for mobile.
James Morse (Matchbox Mobile): Designing for Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 7 introduces some new ideas and opportunities for designers. We will explore how Windows Phone 7 differs from other mobile platforms, and share our experiences and prototyping techniques in creating designs that fit this new platform and its clearly-defined design paradigm.
James has been designing for a wide range of disciplines for over 15 years. Early in his career he began to focus on user interface and user experience design in the emerging PDA and smartphone markets. His work for clients such as Microsoft, Tesco, Motorola and Verizon put him at the forefront of small-screen user experience design.
Robert Douglas (Ribot): Designing for multiple platforms
Rob will talk about designing across, and for, multiple touchscreen platforms using Ribot’s recent suite of Tesco apps as a case study. How do different form factors, operating systems, and interaction paradigms inform the design of real I-want-to-use-it-every-day apps? How do you take the constraints (and opportunities) of differing mobile devices and design interfaces that, for the user, feel like they belong on the device and as part of their life?
Robert Douglas is a UX designer that loves nothing more than prototyping and getting something real into peoples’ hands. He’s fairly new to mobile, coming from a web background where he most recently led the Design & UX team at Rightmove. Since joining Ribot a year ago, he’s worked on projects for Intel, Tesco and other partners.