benefits of interface design:
Quickly bring your product to market with a high level of quality:
- » Accelerate market entry. Accurate product's interface in a very short period of time.
Case study: StandOutJobs.com - » Make your ideas tangible. Engage stakeholders, funders, developpers and users.
Case study: MyShoppingBag.ca, MyTELUS.com - » Keep feature proliferation at bay. Focus on simplicity. Stay in tune with your users' mental models.
From product inception to version 1.0, gain a considerable amount of time compare to conventional usability methods, and with the same ratio of matches vs. mismatches in the product's interface.
« Overview of the basic steps and deliverables
involved during a UI design process.
- » Minimize testing costs. Perform user tests when they can generate the most valuable data.
- » Plan product evolution. Real-time monitoring of user experience performance.
- » Improve UI accuracy. Apply "Agile" product engeneering through tighter releases.
Each release is monitored and tested on the fly while developping subsequent versions with a maximum of relevance.
Every product or service is an interface in the eye of users:
I design User Interfaces and User Experiences for a wide variety of projects in many fields of application:
- » Business to business applications such as CRM, ERP and HR applications.
- » Web 2.0 applications, content portals, Software as a Services (SaaS).
- » Complex ecosystems like integrated shopping malls or entire N-tiers services.
- » Devices and hardware From portable to home devices, or musical instruments.
Recent references:
E-commerce:
- MyShoppingBag.ca - Integrated e-shopping mall that already includes:
- Zik.ca
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Archambault.ca
-Shopping Clodine
-Bijoux Caroline Néron
... and more to come. Screenshots »
B2B applications and software:
- StandOutJobs - HR solution. Screenshots »
- DevID Gpro - ERP solution. Screenshots 1, 2
- Neocase Software - CRM solution, call center management..
- DoctorDirect.ca - Online medical scheduling for MD and patients. Screenshot»
- Talkio - IM client with web service.
Corporate & Content portals:
- MyTELUS.com / Globetrotter.ca
- Canoë portals for iPhone
- Palm Havas for Volkswagen Canada
Web 2.0
- Emotify.com - (stealth mode) Content aggregator based on emotions (and a practical approach of semantic web)
- Hibe.com "faceted" social networking. Work in progress.
- Keenkong.com - Conversation enabler (stealth mode)
- SmartHippo Q&A - Ask any question about mortgages, home financing or real estate.
- SmartHippo.com - Social mortgage rate comparator. Screenshots »
- Praized.com - White label social network about local places.
- Cellfish.com - Play and share anything on your phone.
- WallStreetSurvivor - Trading game and community.
- FreshMoco / MocoLocal- The modern contemporary design community. Screenshots »
- Wuntoo.com - Audio guide to the world.
- YourTeleDoctor.com - Your Doctor Anywhere, Anytime. Screenshots »
- Omnimed - The electronic health record.
Research & Development:
- TELUS TV - Next generation Interactive Programming Guide.
- TELUS Central - Integrated N-tiers services.
- Bluestreak Tech - Advanced TV Guide.
- Yellow Pages - Adaptation for the Nintendo Wii.
- Thomson RCA - Lyra, video + MP3 player.
