tankt

It never occured to me, prior to attending last week’s event, that all of our concentration (here, our loosely joined world of experience/interaction designers) is on the finished product. We (almost) never talk about the process, the path to greatness. To be sure, we have shared tastes and objective traits, but we as a profession we have little discussion in the process of it all…

Jeff Veen and Doug Bowman danced in and out of both worlds, and gave us an incredible glimpse into one of the most stunning redesigns in recent years.

I have a ton of notes, plenty of insight to share, but for now I think it’s best to just say thanks.

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