Redesigning Star Wars Malmö

Monday March 7 2016 at Unsworn Industries Norra Grängesbergsgatan 20 Malmö

Star Wars was originally released in 1977, long before audiences had the daily deep engagement with computers that we have today, and long before interaction design was its own profession. What was mind-blowing technology back then can seem quaint today.

How would you, as a professional designer, do it over again?

May the force be with you!

In this day-long workshop you’ll sharpen your pair design skills on reviewing and redesigning some of the interfaces found in this well-known and beloved film, with other designers from Sweden and Denmark.

Attendees will practice:

• Working in pairs
• Heuristic analysis of speculative interfaces
• Quickly designing for unspecified tech in the “long horizon”
• Approaching problematic designs with an apologetics perspective
• Abstracting the lessons in such “toy problems” to get better at the problems we face in our real world design
• Having fun with other designers

But wait, there's more

In addition to the workshop, you'll get energizing breakfast, tasty lunch, and a keepsake workbook. All this for 950 SEK (760 SEK + VAT).

You could even get an optional custom T-shirt!

Next step

If you’re interested in attending, purchase tickets here. Act fast as there’s only 30 seats available.

About the workshop host

Christopher Noessel is a designer, speaker, keeper of the blog scifiinterfaces.com, and co-author of the Rosenfeld Media book Make It So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction (Rosenfeld Media, 2012). He has lectured and taught about designing for speculative futures internationally. He first ran the Redesigning Star Wars workshop in Stockholm 2014, so it has special ties to Sweden. Chris is co-running the workshop with his partner and interaction designer Benjamin Remington.

Unsworn Industries is an adventurous interaction design and innovation studio based in Malmö, Sweden. We make things that fit human needs, desires and behaviours and develop ideas and ambitions into strong concepts and carefully designed products, services and environments.

This event is not an officially licensed anything. Star Wars and its associated brands and trademarks are the property of Disney, and scifiinterfaces.com is not affiliated with Disney in any way. This workshop is an exercise in critique and education, and use of the material is protected under the Fair Use doctrine.