Designing Gestural Interfaces
Speaker(s):
Dan Saffer
Date: Wednesday, August 13
Time: 2:00 - 5:00PM
Date: Wednesday, August 13
Time: 2:00 - 5:00PM
Track: workshop
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In this workshop you will:
- Learn how to design touch targets
- Explore the basics of ergonomics and kinesiology
- Create a paper prototype of a touchscreen device
- Document interactive gestures
- Communicate the presence and instructions for interactive gestures
Learn the basics of designing for touchscreens and gestural interfaces in this hands-on workshop. Dan Saffer, an Experience Design Director at Adaptive Path and author of the upcoming O’Reilly book Interactive Gestures: Designing Gestural Interfaces, will lead this workshop.
This workshop is for designers of all levels who want to expand their knowledge of interaction design into the new territory of interactive gestures. Through activities and mini-lectures on relevant topics, Dan will guide you in understanding the benefits and limitations of this new medium.




























This workshop is located in the Telegraph Hill room upstairs in the Sunset Court.