Inspired by the book The Beauty of Ordinary Things, this talk is about appreciating ordinary moments in life— ordinary yet nevertheless real. These problems may be unpopular or tricky to solve from a social, political, and design perspective, but the right solution(s) would have a huge impact for the populations affected. I talk about several of these problem areas and related perspectives that designers can take to have more impact in your own work, even if you don't work in one of these areas directly. A similar version of the talk was given at Industry Conference earlier in the year: slideshare.net/bmevans/beauty-of-ordinary-design

1. The Beauty of
Ordinary Design
Brynn Evans
Oct 30, 2015
Illustration by Ben Marsh, UsTwo

2. Brynn Evans
UX Designer, Android
@brynn

3. The Beauty
of Ordinary
Things
Harriet Scott Chessman
bit.ly/beauty-ordinary-things

4. How does this apply to
design?

5. Photo by flickr.com/photo/bryonlippincott
70% of life is
ordinary

6. Some problems
are bigger
Photo by flickr.com/photo/andrew_whalley

8. Senior Citizens
Photo by flickr.com/photo/dtanist

9. Photos by flickr.com/photos/24716663@N06
theguardian.com/society/2012/aug/27/dementia-village-residents-have-fun

10. Veterans
Photo by flickr.com/photos/usarmyafrica

11. whitehouse.gov/digital/united-states-digital-service

13. Photo by flickr.com/photos/p_marione
Immigration

14. Image from bit.ly/1LAPUwW

15. my.uscis.gov

17. Safe sex
Photo from theweek.com/articles/455793/meet-11-condoms-future-selected-by-bill-gates

18. Grant recipients: theweek.com/articles/455793/meet-11-condoms-future-selected-by-bill-gates

19. The Handle Bar

20. youtube.com/watch?v=kMriPq9k278

21. Communications
Photo by flickr.com/photo/jimfischer

27. What’s the common
thread?

28. 1. Long-standing issues that haven’t
(been) changed in years
2. Socially, politically, or culturally
complex
3. Experiences span a period time
4. Service design

29. What can you do?

30. Revisit old
problems
throw out assumptions
fix real pain points
do a lot of research

31. Expect users
to change
track your users over time
adapt to changes

32. Integrate
online &
offline
take a holistic view of
experiences
consider the real context of a
problem
Photo by flickr.com/photos/blltz

33. Own the
entire
experience
fill in the gaps in a flow
don’t let organizational
barriers get in your way

34. Find your
passion
best ideas come from
deep passion
babylistcom

35. The Beauty of
Ordinary Design

36. The Beauty of
Ordinary Life

37. bit.ly/zen-strawberry

38. Thank you!
@brynn
google.com/design