Taking the Edge Off: Humanizing Technology for an Engineering Giant

Speaker
Daniel Gloyd
ounder and Manager, User Interface Group at the LA Design Lab, Samsung Telecommunications America

When
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Where
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)

Description

Daniel has managed many unique challenges in defining the strategy and vision of the User Interface group. A goal of the group is to transform the mobile user interface into a major influence on the purchase behavior of the North American end-user. However, the wireless telecommunications industry poses complex problems for designers who position themselves as advocates for the end user. To overcome these problems, Daniel has worked to establish guiding principles to ensure that his group’s design work serves to humanize the immense engineering strengths of Samsung. These principles draw from colorful sources of inspiration, ranging from medical literature about physicians’ “bedside manner” to the furniture design of Shaker communities in the U.S. Northeast.

Speaker's Bio

Daniel Gloyd holds a Masters of Design degree in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University. He currently works for Samsung Telecommunications America at the LA Design Lab in Los Angeles and is founder of the LA Lab’s User Interface Design Group. Prior to Samsung, Daniel worked in the medical industry and has collaborated with Fortune 500 companies such as General Motors, IBM, and Compaq to study the potential for creating effective communication in today’s complex information environments. Daniel is also a painter and frequently exhibits his art work.

As User Interface Design Manager at Samsung, Daniel is responsible for building and leading the emerging User Interface group at Samsung’s LA Design Lab. The LA User Interface Group is charged with transforming the complexity of wireless communication into useful and meaningful product experiences. Key to this effort is beautiful and well-ordered product interface design.

Host
Jodi Forlizzi