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We would like to close the year watching together two videos (20 minutes each), followed by discussion.

Nick Myers: The Visual Interface is Now Your Brand. Nick Myers is the managing director of visual design and branding at Cooper where he works with teams to design experiences across a variety of digital products and services. He helps companies craft interfaces and brands that are both unique and compelling, yet authentic and usable.

During his time at Cooper, he has focused on the design of iPad collaboration tools, portfolio management, in-home patient care, 3D interior design, photo sharing, virtualization, medical informatics, and even check fraud. He is an instructor for Cooper’s visual interface design class and he writes often for the Cooper Journal. His designs have received several awards since he began working as a designer in 1996. When not designing, he’s usually training for his next marathon. You can follow him on Twitter at @nickmyer5

Stephen Anderson: Long After the Thrill: Sustaining Passionate Users. Stephen P. Anderson is a speaker and consultant based out of Dallas, Texas. He spends unhealthy amounts of time thinking about design, psychology and leading intrapreneurial teams– topics he frequently speaks about at national and international events.

Stephen recently published the Mental Notes card deck (getmentalnotes.com), a tool to help businesses use psychology to design better experiences. Heis also writing a book on “Seductive Interactions” that will explore this topic of psychology and design in more detail. Twitter: @stephenanderson

When? December 12, 2011. 19:00.
Where? amiando GmbH. Sandstr. 33, 80335 Munich (U1 Stiglmaierplatz)
RSVP: XING
How much? This is a free of charge event.
Who? Interaction, visual and web designers, developers, entrepreneurs interested in user experience.
Language? English

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Special thanks to amiando GmbH for hosting the meeting and for providing snacks.

Update: see event pictures (21.11.2011)

Whole new industries emerge that base their revenue on selling services instead of ‘hard’ products. When designing for services interaction designers have to bear in mind how a single device is nested into the service environment by taking a more holistic stance.

Services can be described as ecosystems consisting of customers, manifold service touch points, a variety of technologies and of course service providers and sub-service providers. Hence, designing for services often resembles systems design with the exception that due to their intangible character services are much harder to address.

In their workshop Lenja Sorokin and Sebastian Wendlandt will invite participants to sketch services. They will present a hands-on approach with basic tinkering material that transforms intangible service systems into tangible boundary objects.

Lenja Sorokin and Sebastian Wendlandt will demonstrate a creative and designerly method that allows participants to visualize flows of tangible goods, intangible values and information. And what’s more the system can be easily manipulated in order to simulate effects of intervention into the service ecosystem.

Lenja Sorokin and Sebastian Wendlandt currently work as interaction designers at UID.

When? November 21, 2011. 19:00.
Where? UID GmbH, Claudius-Keller-Straße 3c, 81669 München
RSVP: XING
How much? This is a free of charge event.
Length? Introduction 10min, workshop 1h 30min
Language? English

Image by Brandon Schauer.

We thank our sponsor for providing location, sandwiches and drinks.