My lightening talk from the Zurich Frontend 2012 conference. Basically I want to take the optimization techniques I know from mechanical engineering and apply them to user experience and interaction design. Why do we still design user interfaces when they could just be optimized for different user groups and types. Our devices should know us and scale the user interface design directly to us and our user needs.

1. UI/UX Design
Optimization Ideas
from
Mechanical Engineering
Mark Melnykowycz
@americanpeyote

2. UX/UI Design
Goals
Research Prototype
Shipping
Persona
Testing
Requirements
Design Space Solution

3. Element size
Placement on screen
Response rate
Animation speed
Changes as we age

4. Device should
know the user

5. Engineer Designer
It won't break Functional
Low material usage Beautiful
Can be produced Form - Function

6. Has to support weight of user

7. Person Force
Reaction
Force
Boundary
conditions
Reaction Force

8. Person Force
Reaction
Force
Boundary
conditions Optimization
design space
Material = wood,
etc.
Reaction Force

9. Person Force
Reaction
Force
Boundary
conditions Optimal solution
based on
Material = wood, requirements
etc.
Reaction Force

10. Design User interaction
space patterns

11. User Optimal
interaction Device customized
pattern UX/UI
data
User Profile
UI Design

12. One app
Optimized for
specific user
patterns
Optimized App automatically
fits optimal design
to user
Device should
know the user