Design Thinking: Action and Ecosystem

Don't miss this next CHIFOO Meeting • Wednesday, June 11

Design Thinking: Action and Ecosystem

presented by Bill Buxton,Microsoft, author of "Sketching User Experiences:Getting the Design Right and the Right Design"

Design luminary Bill Buxton will be in Portland, this Wednesday, June 11, to speak on "Design Thinking: Action and Ecosystem."

Winner of this year'sSIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award with years of accomplishments too numerous to mention here, Bill is currently the Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. He is the author of "Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design" not to mention recent Business Week article "A New Mantra for Creativity" . This lecture is presented by CHIFOO in partnership with Cascade SIGGRAPH.

The number of books, articles, and conferences on innovation, creativity, and design is staggering. Yet, there is still precious little on what designers actually do, how they do it, and how they interact with the other disciplines involved in bringing concepts to fruition.

This talk is based in the premise that design is a distinct discipline with specific skills and practices. Furthermore, the physical and cultural ecosystem in which designers work has a huge effect on their ability to exercise these skills.

This talk aims to shine some light on design skills and their relationship to various aspects of this ecosystem. The purpose is not to make everyone a designer; rather, it is to help both designers and non-designers better understand how and where they fit into the larger mosaic that makes up the partnership required to go effectively from concept to practice.

SCHEDULE & LOCATION
Please note: We will not be meeting at the usual Beaverton locations.

5:00 pm Book signing at Powell's Technical Books, 33 NW Park, Portland (see map)

6:30 pm Networking and social hour, Light refreshments will be served in the lobby of the Portland World Trade Center, 121 SW Salmon (see map)

7:00 pm Programat the bridge level auditorium of the PortlandWorld Trade Center, 121 SW Salmon (see map)

COST
Just like all the other CHIFOO meetings, this excellent program is FREE for CHIFOO members; non-member admission is $5.
Annual CHIFOO membership costs just $20 and offers benefits galore!