Spotify: TV and Car - The old emerging platforms

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The TV and the Car are both mature products with decades of manufacturing experience behind them. But, they also have almost no history as software platforms. Now, as software eats the world, they are becoming platforms to develop for.

IxDA Oslo is delighted to welcome Rob Nero and Sam Thorne from Spotify to our last grand event before summer sets in.

At Spotify, Rob and Sam are responsible for designing the experiences for these "old emerging platforms". They are going to talk about the history of these platforms and how this has created the constraints we design with, and how we work with them today.

Sam Thorne is the Lead Designer for TV at Spotify, he moved to Stockholm from London with his wife and two cats to enjoy the Swedish summer and hide during the Swedish winter. Formerly a Senior Designer at Sony Electronics for five years; mostly working on concept development for things you will never see!

Rob Nero is the Lead Designer for the Automotive team at Spotify in Stockholm. The team’s mission is to make the Spotify experience in the car seamless, intuitive, safe, and enjoyable for the driver and all passengers. Prior to Spotify, he was a Senior Designer at multiple design agencies, working with auto and consumer electronics companies. Before that he designed rich software experiences in large-scale enterprises.