In this summer season, IxDA London has invited protopie expert Darren Bennett to share some interesting, refreshing and developing perspectives and examples of prototyping tools and prototype work — informing the changing nature of interaction design.
Note: We charge a £10 ticket fees to help us reduce and prevent last-minute dropouts, but fees are refundable by request at the end of the event.
Session info:
For years, design tooling has plateaued. UI design tool rise and design systems have narrowed design to visual problems solved with static mockups and simple click-through prototypes. But the landscape is changing.
The adage “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail” has never been truer, so how can designers break the mould and design in new ways?
In this talk, I’ll explore the design tool landscape, highlight those challenging the status quo, and share my view on the future of prototyping and design.
About Darren:
I’m a designer with 35 years of experience who was there at the dawn of the internet. Over my career, I’ve designed and coded almost every type of digital experience, exploring and adopting every new tool along the way.
My specialty is interaction and motion design, with a deep background in tools like Macromedia Flash, Director, After Effects, Axure, Principle, Framer, and ProtoPie. I’ve also coded extensively in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and ActionScript. For the past decade, I’ve focused on native app design.
I’m the founder of ProtoPilot, a specialist interaction and prototyping studio in London. I also run the ProtoPilot YouTube channel, which teaches no-code, designer-friendly prototyping tools. In addition, I publish Interact, a LinkedIn newsletter covering the latest in the no-code design tool ecosystem.
I’m an active practitioner whose clients have included Microsoft, Amazon, Leica, Sainsbury’s, Nectar, Channel 4, NatWest, and Lloyds Bank. I’ve also taught advanced interaction design and prototyping to teams at Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Channel 4, Squarespace, and more.
