I’ll be speaking briefly about Metro design principles at Mobile Monday in Melbourne on July 16th.
I’ll have a longer session on Metro design at XDDN (Experience Designers and Developers Network) in Melbourne 2 days later, on Wednesday July 18th.
Details:
At Interaction12 in Dublin in February 2012, Shane Morris and Matt Morphett presented a case study on our work for a remote control device and user interface for recipients of Cochlear hearing implants and their carers.
In the talk we discuss the unique constraints of designing a physical device, and walk through the research, design and testing process.
You can watch the video here: Matt Morphett & Shane Morris: Switching On My Ears
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Shane
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Matt Morphett and Shane Morris will be speaking at Interaction12 in Dublin in February 2012.
We’ll be talking more about our experience designing hand-held devices for use by cochlear implant recipients and their carers.
More info here: Switching On My Ears
Thanks to Cochlear for allowing us to share our experiences. If you’ll be in Dublin for Interaction 12, get in touch!