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Design Challenge: Digital Watch Faces
This event happened on Fri, May 8, 2015
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Overview
12 Lovely Attendees
12 Lovely Attendees
Your Host
Casey Hopkins
Marketing, Community & Events at ustwo New York.
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Hopeless geekette. Extreme baker. World traveler. Anglophile. Mother of cats, not dragons. Techstars survivor. Settling back into my east coast roots after 5 years in Boulder, CO.
About this FieldTrip
Wearables are quickly becoming a part of our everyday lives with the advent of Android Wear and Apple Watches. Designing for such tiny devices has become a coveted design skill. How do we decide which information we show? How do we stay digitally authentic? How do we make something look good enough to wear? These were some of the questions the ustwo team tackled whilst designing the collection of Android Wear watch faces you can see today.
Join us in our studio for an exclusive in-depth look at how this project came to be, the unique challenges we faced, and how we overcame them. Then, imparted with our team’s design principles, take the challenge yourself by sketching your very own digital watch face. We’ll choose our favorite of the bunch and mock it up!
Here’s what your morning will look like:
• 8:30 - 9:00 AM - Studio tour of ustwo New York
• 9:00 - 10:00 AM - Digital watch faces presentation & workshop
Stumptown coffee & bagels will be provided to kickstart your day. See you Friday!
What to expect
Lecture format!
This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.
Real-time only!
This FieldTrip will not be recorded.
Your Host
Casey Hopkins
Marketing, Community & Events at ustwo New York.
Brooklyn, NY, United States
About Casey Hopkins
Hopeless geekette. Extreme baker. World traveler. Anglophile. Mother of cats, not dragons. Techstars survivor. Settling back into my east coast roots after 5 years in Boulder, CO.
Attendees
Angelika Fuellemann
Designer at CBS Local.
Samuel Brewton
Lead AR Designer at Apprentice.io.
Ben Miller
Design Technologist.
Kristen DeAngelis
Freelance Graphic Designer.
Iñaki Escudero
Brand Strategist and Storyteller at Hyper Island.
LaTeisha Moore
Founder/Owner at Oddball + Hi-Note.
Cameron Roe
Nick Peacock
Tzippy Licht
Edward Cotton
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