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 Interaction Design (HCID). Practical advice and feedback from experienced HCID professionals also helps. During the two-day master class, you will experience working at Namahn first-hand and gain insight into our HCID methods and techniques, which grew from hundreds of projects in over twenty years. Led by Tom Stevens, with additional contributions from 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. Intensive, hands-on and intimate, the master class takes place in our library and design studio in central Brussels. Participating in the master class teaches you how to apply HCID techniques the Namahn way, and 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 HCID

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 HCID with software engineering
• Return On Investment
• Industry standards

Schedule

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

The fee for participation is €1,400 (excluding VAT). The fee for a second participant of the same organisation is €1,260 euro. To ensure diversity, we accept at most two participants from the same organisation. To ensure a highly interactive session we accept at most eight participants. Please register by filling out this form.

KMO-portefeuille

Namahn holds the Qfor quality label, qualifying us for KMO-portefeuille (site in Dutch). KMO-portefeuille aims to provide SMEs based in Flanders 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. SMEs based in Flanders may be entitled to a 50% refund for this course. See the Hoe registreren en aanmelden page for more information.

Target audience

We will accept participants with a basic understanding of HCID 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 ...).

Overnight accomodation

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