Master Class: Human-Centered Interaction Design (HCID)

Are you involved in the design of user interfaces? As you know all too well, good intentions are not enough to achieve an engaging, productive and safe experience for your users. You need to master a broad set of methods and techniques in Human-Centered Design (HCD). Practical advice and feedback from experienced HCD professionals also helps.

During two days, you will experience working at Namahn first-hand and gain insight into our HCD methods and techniques, which grew from hundreds of projects in over twenty years.

Led by Tom Stevens and featuring contributions from Tom Stevens, Mieke Daniels, Koen Peters, Joannes Vandermeulen, Kristel Van Ael and Johan Van Maldeghem, this highly practical master class challenges the know-how of a small group of participants and teaches them how to apply HCD techniques the Namahn way. Intensive, hands-on and intimate, the master class takes place in our library and design studio in central Brussels.

Methods and techniques include:

• Field study
• Task & requirements analysis
• Ideation
• Storytelling
• Mental models
• Classification
• Conceptual design
• Prototyping
• Visual design
• Usability testing
• Design specification

For most of these items, an introduction to theory is followed by a group exercise and a discussion of results.

Other topics of interest are:

• Aligning HCD with software engineering
• Return On Investment
• Industry standards

Participating in the master class will help you to:

• Analyse and understand the context of use
• Specify requirements
• Design user interfaces from concept to detail
• Assess the usability of digital products
• Make a strong case for HCD

Schedule
We start at 9.00 AM and finish at 5.00 PM. For more information, please send a mail to masterclassHCID@namahn.com.

Location
The master class takes place in the Namahn library and design studio in Brussels. Directions can be found in the How to reach us section of this site.

Language
The master class is conducted in English.

Registration
Participation fee: 1.400 euro (excluding VAT) - each additional participant from the same company qualifies for a 10% rebate on the participation fee. Please register by sending a mail to masterclassHCID@namahn.com.

KMO-portefeuille
Namahn holds the Qfor quality label, qualifying us for KMO-portefeuille (site in Dutch). KMO-portefeuille aims to provide Flanders-based SMEs affordable access to high-quality consultancy and training in innovation and international business. The organisation delivering the consultancy or training must carry a quality label, such as Qfor.

Flanders-based SMEs may be entitled to a 50% refund for this course. Find out more about the registration procedure.

Target audience
We will accept participants with a basic understanding of HCD and usability engineering (business and functional analysts, software developers, user interface designers, technical writers, IT project managers, usability engineers, product managers, marketing directors, R&D staff ...).

Spending the night
If you wish to stay in Brussels overnight, we recommend Hotel BLOOM! - Google map.