biography
“Simple design, intense content.”
—Edward Tufte, 2004
David Humphrey, an Interaction Designer, graduated from the Masters program of Emily Carr University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2008. After a B.Des degree from the NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada he worked as a Interaction Designer in the e-learning courseware industry producing interactive multimedia applications for medical researchers, offshore technology industries and Fortune 500 companies, including KPMG and Microsoft. During the last three years, he focused on narrative and storytelling, information architecture, usability, interface design, and human-centered experience design. David teaches at the Emily Carr Institute in the Communication Design Department. While there he instructed a course on interactive essentials introducing design research methods to second year undergraduate students.
“Over 10 years of research and design in the human-to-computer industry, working in a multidisciplinary team to drive the design and experience of the interface. I have experience in a wide range of research methods to aid in understanding the user and in validating and iterating designs. I regularly work collaboratively with interaction designers to develop design solutions that address user needs in a delightful and usable way. I have managed research projects independently as well as collaboratively across disciplines, teams, and geographies. I enjoy working with people of different backgrounds and perspectives and working with customers to understand their wants and needs.”
Currently, David is an active professional designer and creative thinker for Kodak. Responsibilities include the user experience and overall visual direction of a world class, sophisticated software suite, additionally making decisions on usability. Working closely with software development teams, often one-on-one with developers, to design, refine, and produce appropriate user experiences to inform and direct the user interface designs. His work encompasses the full development cycle of the product, from inception, through design, to final production. Design research and design methodologies carry through the interface design and graphical components for final implementation, and cumulating in beautiful and functional user interfaces for Kodak clients.
Kodak, a leading developer, manufacturer, and distributor of digital solutions for the graphic arts and printing industries. Kodak’s software systems are the world’s leading solutions in the print industry.
Specialties:
Research methods: interviewing, field observation, heuristic evaluation, expert review, cognitive walkthrough, think-aloud usability lab studies, prototyping, storyboarding, and sketching.
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