Items tagged "business"

Shipping an empty box: The challenges of user experience in the enterprise (Toronto, ON, Canada)

Saturday, October 18th, 2008 by Kaleem
October 20, 2008
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

Jon Lax, co-founder of Toronto experience design shop Teehan+Lax will provide us with the answers to a very simple question:

“Why is creating great user experience so difficult inside the enterprise?”

Join Refresh for our second usergroup meetup, have a beer or three, network with some awesome people in the Interactive industry, and listen to some good music!

Where
Gladstone Hotel - Art Bar
1214 Queen St W

Map
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1214+Queen+Street+West+Toronto+ON

Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=27773802471

Contact
+1 647.236.1925
info@refresh-events.com

About Jon Lax
Jon has worked with clients like Coca-Cola, Indigo Books, Coors Brewing Company, Scotiabank, General Motors, Kraft Canada, Wendy’s, IBM, LCBO and Maritime Life, Heineken and Miller Genuine Draft.

He has won Cannes Lions, CMA RSVP Awards, Marketing Magazine and Advertising & Design Club of Canada Awards for his work. He has sat as a judge for Marketing Magazine, CMA RSVPs, London International Advertising Awards and Applied Arts Awards.

In 2002 Jon was named one of “30 to Watch: Marketing’s Next Generation” by Marketing Magazine.

AnthroDesign (Toronto, ON, Canada)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 by Kaleem
June 11, 2008
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

Meet designers, anthropologists, business peeps, and maybe a sociologist or two! We’ll talk about translating insights into product design (loosely defined).

Where
Pauper’s Pub street-level patio
539 Bloor Street West

Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=539+Bloor+St.+W.,+Toronto,+ON