[Video] Big Design Conference 2011 Highlights

Big Design 2011 Highlights

Brandon Carmichael created this video, where the conference organizers tell you their thoughts about the conference. Check out the wonderful artwork from our feature artist, Roger Belveal. You’ll see plenty of familiar faces in the crowd, too. Enjoy!

Speaker Spotlight: Jared Spool Interview

Jared Spool

Jared Spool is our closing speaker for the conference. We loved his rousing talk last year, so much that we could not think of a better closer. His insights and experience are something that we cherish.

When we graciously asked Jared for a quick interview, he gladly accepted and delivered another fine set of insights. We are honored to have him back.

Speaker Spotlight: Nathan Shedroff on Sci-fi Interfaces and Tangible Design

Nathan Shedroff

Nathan Shedroff, chair of the MBA in Design Strategy at California College of the Arts, talks with Big Design about sci-fi interfaces, what UX designers can learn from industrial design, and making smart career choices.

Speaker Spotlight: Battling the Gamepocalypse With Dustin DiTommaso

Dustin DiTommaso

Dustin DiTommaso, Experience Design Director at Mad*Pow, chats with Big Design about Game Design Thinking.

Where is this gamification thing going and how can designers learn from it?
Will humans survive the gamepocalypse?

Speaker Spotlight: Sharron Rush’s Thoughts on Accessibility

Sharron Rush

Sharron Rush is the co-founder and Executive Director of Knowbility, a nonprofit organization that grew from the first Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) in Austin in 1998. In addition to improving the accessibility of their own work, AIR volunteers use their accessible Web design skills to create sites for more than 500 nonprofit groups, affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals. Check out Sharron Rush’s talk, Designing for Disabilities, at Big Design 2011. What is new about Accessibility? Any significant developments that we (User Experience Practitioners – UXP) should be aware of? Great things are happening in accessibility these days. For [...]