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INTRODUCTION TO THE LA DESIGN COMMUNITY

Presented by General Assembly + Huge

GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES DESIGN COMMUNITY

Helvetica Objectified

Art & Copy

Urbanized

Charles & Ray Eames Indie Game

Ray  Kurzweil    

futurist  

transhumanist  

superhumans  

posthumans  

Want Uber Square

Evernote Waze Snap Chat

Anydo

Clear

Designers think

about details.

First, what’s really happening?

On every project:

1. What’s the point?

2. Will users want to use it?

3. Is it simple enough?

Make someone’s day

a little bit better.

Design at

Huge.

Focus

&

Craftsmanship

UX

Interaction Designer

Content Strategist

Researcher

Strategist

VD

Visual Designer

Motion Designer

Copywriter

Design roles at Huge.

Breaking in.

Ask yourself:

What am I passionate about?

Goal:

In 5 years I want to

_______________________ .

Goal:

In 5 years I want to

_______________________ . design at a digital agency

Goal:

In 5 years I want to

_______________________ . be a content strategist

Goal:

In 5 years I want to

_______________________ . launch a start-up

Your portfolio.

Your portfolio represents you.

But you’re not always there to talk

about your work.

No one gets hired on their

portfolio alone.

The best outcome is a meeting.

You!

Be selective. 4 - 8 is plenty

vs.

Your designs should be relevant.

Your designs should be timely.

Your designs should focus

on the user.

Background.

Users.

Hurdles.

Imperatives.

Conclusion.

Designs.

Your designs should help you

tell a good story.

For each example, include:

1. What was your role?

2. What was your process?

3. What are you most proud of?

Don’t have enough experience?

Get it any way you can.

Make an improvement.

Help someone.

Friends. Family. Acquaintances.

Think blue sky.

Displaying your

portfolio.

Keep it simple.

Finding the right

design job.

Job boards.

Linked In Coroflot Indeed

Employer insight.

Glass Door Linked In Friends

Salary guides.

Coroflot Glassdoor AIGA

Interviewing.

Be prepared.

Bring your work, and be ready

to talk about it.

Be honest.

Acknowledge your strengths

& where you want to grow.

Be direct.

Be clear about what you’re

looking for.

“Do you have any questions

you’d like to ask me?”

LA design resources.

AIGA - Professional association for design, Los Angeles chapter

IxDA - LA Chapter: Local and global events.

UXPA - LA Chapter: 1,000+ members, events like World IA Day

LA UX Meetup: 3,000+ members, Regular events (workshops, lectures, mixers)

Southern California Web Designers and Developers: 1,000+ members

Mobile UX School: Meetup group with regular local UX events

Creative Mornings: Not a group, but a great event series to stay inspired.

Huge LA Meetup: We bring in a range of speakers from the community.

Groups.

General Assembly - Classes like Intro to UX, 12 week courses on UX

UCLA Extension - User Experience Certificate Program

Cal State Fullerton - User Experience Certificate Program

Art Center College for Design (Pasadena) – Undergrad, Grad and public programs.

The Skool - Variety of web design and experience classes/events

The D School, Institute for Design at Stanford: Virtual Crash Course, no degrees

Huge School - Paid apprenticeship program in NYC

Education.

Huge LA Gallery Open House and Happy Hour

June 12 6:30 – 9:00 pm at the Huge LA office

Los Angeles Design Festival

June 13-19, design events all over the city www.ladesignfestival.org

deLAB Design-n-Dim Sum

June 14 bike ride, design tour, and Dim Sum

General Assembly Fireside Chat with Julian Nachtigal of Good Eggs

June 17 in Santa Monica

Happy Hour with Drinks by Design and Dwell

June 18 in Downtown LA

Events.

Little Big Details - Your daily dose of UI inspiration http://littlebigdetails.com/ IxDA Mailing List Discussion - Active discussion list with many experts weighing inhttp://ixda.org/discuss.php Boxes and Arrows - High quality articles and podcast interviews http://www.boxesandarrows.com/ Smashing Magazine – Deep-dive into more advanced UX topics http://www.smashingmagazine.com/ Experientia - This blog has good curated content from a wide variety of sources http://www.experientia.com/blog/ Uxmatters - Articles on all things UX http://uxmatters.com/ A List Apart - Articles on everything from the industry to design to coding http://www.alistapart.com/ Signal vs. Noise - Thoughts from the guys at 37 Signals http://37signals.com/svn/ Information Aesthetics - A blog focusing on interesting information design and visualization http://infosthetics.com/

Blogs.

John Siracusa @siracusa

Whitney Hess @whitneyhess

Luke Wrobleski @LukeW

Jared Spool @jmspool

UXPA LA @UXPAofLA

LA UX Meetup @LAUXmeetup

IXDA @IXDA

Ian Tait @iaintait

Jessica Walsh @jessicawalsh

Wolff Olins @wolffolins

Sagmeister @sagmeisterwalsh

Pentagram @pentagram

Teehan + Lax @teehanlax

Craig Mod @Craigmod

Twitter.

Welie.com http://www.welie.com RSS: http://welie.com/pattern-updates.rss  Patternry http://patternry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/patternry Yahoo Design Pattern Library http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns Patterntap http://patterntap.com RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/patterntap UI Patterns http://ui-patterns.com T witter: http://twitter.com//uipatternscom Patternbrowser http://www.patternbrowser.org UI patterns for mobile Android Patterns http://www.androidpatterns.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/androidpatterns

Pattern libraries.

Questions…

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