Star Wars and User Experience Design?
Posted Tuesday December 4, 2007
For those of you in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, I’ll be speaking tomorrow night at refresh. The topic? Star Wars and UX. No, I won’t be quoting Yoda (“Hard to see the dark side is”). Rather, I’ll be looking at the movie as a case study for entrepreneurial endeavors—exploring lessons we can learn from the making of the original Star Wars movie. Here’s the description:
The Force Behind Star Wars: Turning Design Ideas into Reality
You’ve got an idea. Maybe it’s a new idea for a web application. Maybe it’s a new product idea you need to push through your organization. The question is: How do you turn an idea into reality?
To answer this question, we’ll look at the making of Star Wars. We’ll look behind the scenes at what it took to get George Lucas’s space fantasy from script to screen. From assembling the right team to navigating the Hollywood corporate studio environment to tapping into powerful universal patterns — we’ll look at a dozen lessons UX designers (and developers!) can learn from this adventure.
And here’s a sample of the types of things I’ll be presenting (thanks Mark!).
I hope to see you out there!
Great concept; hope it went well.
Any plans to post the slides?
— Michael Montgomery Dec 7, 09:22 AM
I had a wonderful time putting this together and presenting. Unfortunately, there were problems with the audio recording. But, I will be putting up the slides this weekend…
— Stephen P Anderson Dec 7, 01:29 PM
Excellent presentation. I’d love to see the slides again. I never take notes at presentations, and regret it every time!
— Stephen Ruiz Dec 10, 11:52 AM
Excellent as always Stephen. Your commentary on finding a patron resonated loud and clear for me.
— Travis Isaacs Dec 12, 06:55 AM