Designing the Future With a Career in User Experience

Robert Barlow-Busch VP User Experience, Boltmade

@becubed

Designing the futurewith a career in user experience

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technology + people

UX

Research Interaction Design

Information Architecture

VisualDesign Coding

UX

Research Interaction Design

Information Architecture

VisualDesign Coding

Study of human behaviour Psychology, Anthropology

UX

Research Interaction Design

Information Architecture

VisualDesign Coding

Design of system behaviour Engineering, Design

UX

Research Interaction Design

Information Architecture

VisualDesign Coding

Structure of information Library/Information Science, English

UX

Research Interaction Design

Information Architecture

VisualDesign Coding

Appearance Graphic/Visual Design, Fine Arts

UX

Research Interaction Design

Information Architecture

VisualDesign Coding

Build the thing Computer Science

Become a T-shaped person

Research IxD IA Visual Coding

Research IxD IA Visual Coding

Become a T-shaped person

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Research IxD IA Visual Coding

Become a T-shaped person

Research IxD IA Visual CodingIxdResearch Visual Coding

UX skills are highly transferable

Designing a mass spectrometer

CASE STUDY OF UX IN ACTION

Discovery research

Discovery research

Design > Test > Learn > Repeat

The result?

Saved $500,000 Got to market faster Customers loved it

In UX, we design for emotion

Speaking of love…

If this was a family, what role would each play?

It’s a hot career path

77,000 job listings online at 11:00 am today

So go read some books

And attend more events

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Robert Barlow-Busch @becubed