Pieter Decabooter tells about how he started designing digital interfaces after graduating as a physical product designer. Where is the overlap in physical and digital design, and what’s different?

1. Blending
the Digital &
The Physical

2. PIETER
DECABOOTER
pieterdcb
User Experience Designer
at Little Miss Robot

6. Industrial
Product Design
at Ugent,Kortrijk

7. Idea generation

8. PrototyPing

9. Design thinking

10. There is so much
more To learn
- myself,2014
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14. Physical
vs.
Digital

15. Physical
Digital

18. Digital product design
2014
Make cool digital stuff
Work in components
Validate designs with users
✅
Implement design thinking methodologies

19. It was
the Perfect time
to join forces

20. 4 Years As a
digital product
designer

21. Physical and digital
product design have a
lot in common
- The biggest learning -

22. VS

23. 01
Product design is about
solving a problem
…So make sure you understand the problem

25. persona’s
Mindmaps
Observations
Journeys
Benchmarking

26. Similar techniques
When defining a problem,you are not yet talking
about whetheryour solution will be a website,and
app or maybe even a physical product.

28. Workshops
(Thank you digital!)

29. 02
Product design is about
generating lots of ideas

30. Sketches

31. Easy

32. Hard(er)

33. 6-3-5
brainsketching

34. 03
Product design is about
The best solution
out of many

35. User-centered
Design & Testing

37. 04
But… product design is
also about building
your products

38. Level of fidelity
Specificskillset

40. PrototyPing

41. Work
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43. However
Skills and tools
can be learned

44. 01
Don’t specialise
(too much)
- PERSONALTAKE AWAYS -

45. A good designer is
Multidisciplinary
Or has at least some basic knowledge

46. Physical
PD
Digital
PD
Branding
Fashion
3D
The fun
zone

47. 02
Side projects
- PERSONALTAKE AWAYS -

48. Side Projects are a
safe way
To learn new skills

50. My checklist
Have fun
Avoid external pressure
Start small

51. SharE your work
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54. I started understanding
what it means to be a
product designer
Thanks to making the switch from physical to digital…

55. As a product designer
you want to…
solve (real) problems
Create delightfull products
place your user first

56. As a product designer
you want to…
solve (real) problems
Create delightfull products
place your user first
But mostly…

57. You
shouldn’t
care
whether
it’s a
chair or
an aPP

58. The design methodology
And attitude is what makes you
a product designer , not the
medium
I believe that…

59. Thank
You!
pieter@littlemissrobot.com
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