Creating Pleasurable Interfaces: Getting from Tasks to Experiences

I’m pleased to announce that I will be presenting at Refresh Dallas and the Refresh06 conference (in Florida).

Here’s the pitch:

Creating Pleasurable Interfaces: Getting from Tasks to Experiences

Usable interfaces are not enough. When everything looks good and works well, the applications that stand out are the ones that satisfy unmet – and often unarticulated – needs. But how do you design workable interfaces that also account for intangible things like emotions?

We will look at new skills needed to create desirable experiences, explaining why a task-based approach to design is no longer enough.

To get a sense of where things are headed, this session surveys the evolution of interface design, with comparisons to product and environmental design. Learn what’s needed to incorporate desirability and emotions into modern interfaces, and why an engaging experience might be more satisfying than one that is easy.

If you’re in Dallas or Florida, hopefully you can make it. I’m pretty excited to be speaking on the one year anniversary of Refresh Dallas. And the Refresh 06 conference promises to be pretty exciting, with a great lineup of speakers. If you can make it, please say hi! Otherwise, I’ll be posting notes and such in the coming weeks.