[Sigia-l] NYC IxDA Event: Industrial Design and IxD, Wednesday, May 23rd

[Nasir Barday]

A quick correction: the correct day for this is Wednesday, May 23rd.
The subject had it right, but the body didn't. Please send your RSVP
to nyc-rsvp at ixda.org.

Thanks!
- Nasir


On 5/1/07, Nasir Barday <nasir at userlicious.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Thanks to everyone who came out to last week's social at Eight Mile
> Creek! This month, Ted Booth, Senior Design Manager at Motorola
> Enterprise Mobility, will talk about his experiences as an Interaction
> Designer working with Industrial Designers. If you'd like to attend,
> please send send your RSVP to nyc-rsvp at ixda.org. More event info:
>
>
> ** What interaction designers have to learn from industrial design,
> and vice versa **
> * Presented by Ted Booth, Senior Design Manager, Motorola Enterprise Mobility *
>
> Details:
> Thursday May 23rd, 6:30pm
> Location provided on RSVP (send RSVPs to nyc-rsvp at ixda.org).
>
> Description:
> "After nearly eight years designing web sites, online and desktop
> applications, I dropped the browser and embraced devices. I wanted to
> explore designing for different physical platforms because the
> Internet, and digital experiences more broadly, were moving beyond
> just the PC. Since then I have worked almost exclusively with
> industrial designers, mechanical and electrical engineers. In this
> presentation, I will share experiences and insights into what
> interaction designers and industrial designers have to learn from each
> other."
>
> About Ted Booth:
> Ted leads interaction design at Motorola Enterprise Mobility, formerly
> Symbol Technologies. His team is part of the Innovation and Design
> group which includes industrial designers, design researchers, human
> factors engineers, and mechanical, electrical and software engineers.
> His team handles user interface and interaction design for a wide
> range of mobile computers, RFID devices, remote management software
> services, and desktop and mobile software applications. Their products
> are used throughout the retail, transport and logistics, manufacturing
> and health care industries.
>
> Prior to joining Motorola, Ted was an interaction design consultant
> working with clients including Autodesk, Eyebeam, Gucci, Intuit,
> Johnson & Johnson, HP, Microsoft, Palm, and
> Real Networks. During this time, Ted was the Interaction Design
> Director at Method, a consulting firm specializing in brand identity,
> web design, and product user interface. He
> holds a Masters of Design from Illinois Institute of Technology.
>
>
> Please RSVP to nyc-rsvp at ixda.org if you'd like to attend.
>
> And if you're interested in helping us run and coordinate events,
> please e-mail us at nyc at ixda.org.
>
> Cheers,
> Nasir Barday
> NYC Interaction Design Association
>