Get a glimpse inside the world of Italian design factories, as told by Alberto Alessi during the European Design Symposium hosted by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. As the Director of Marketing Strategies and Design Management, Alberto Alessi is the third generation to oversee the communication and design strategies of Alessi Spa. In addition to overseeing the company's practices, Alessi has written La Cintura di Orione, Not in Production Next to Production, and The Dream Factory. In 1998, Alessi received the Design Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
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Lecture 39 : Steve Krug, 'Is Usability Taking a Nose Dive ?' @ NELAUX, Art Centre College of Design9/8/2014 Steve Krug is an information architect and user experience professional. He is best known for his book Don't Make Me Think about Human-Computer Interaction and Web Usability. He also heads a one-man consulting firm called Advanced Common Sense. Krug offers in-house consulting sessions where he lectures on Usability Testing and provides targeted advice to clients on web usability strategies. Krug published Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems in 2009.
Kim Goodwin is VP Design and General Manager at Cooper, where she leads both an integrated practice of interaction, visual, and industrial designers and the development of the acclaimed Cooper U design curriculum. Kim knows the design world from multiple angles; she started as an in-house and freelance designer and spent several years as an in-house creative director before joining Cooper 11 years ago. Kim has led projects involving a tremendous range of design problems, including Web sites, complex analytical and enterprise applications, phones, medical devices, services, and even organizations. Her clients and employers have included everything from one-man startups to the world’s largest companies, as well as universities and government agencies. This range of experience and a passion for teaching have led to Kim’s popularity as an author and as a speaker at conferences and companies around the world.
As of August 2013, 30 million users are registered on the Etsy and by the end of 2013, projections of one million sellers and over US$1 billion in total annual transactions have been announced.Randy J. Hunt is the Creative Director at Etsy, where he leads the team of designers building web products and creating off-line experiences.
In 2014, Etsy were honored with the National Design Award. Matthew Stinchcomb is Etsy's Vice President of Values & Impact. |