Another important aim of this day was to raise the general public’s awareness about usability. After all, this public is the main reason for our work - we design, manufacture and implement services and products to improve people’s lives. This book presents the main findings of the symposium and workshops held on 12 November 2009, and includes presentations by the keynote speakers at the symposium. It also summarises aspects of usability research currently being conducted at the three technical universities in cooperation with industry partners. Read this with pleasure, share it with your colleagues! Also, please take a look at our website www.designforusability.org which includes even more up-to-date news and information on Design for Usability projects. We hope that this will stimulate your thoughts on Design for Usability and encourage you to participate in future events on this subject.
Let’s make the world more usable!
ISBN 978-90-5155-063-4
Symposium Design for Usability 2009
In November 2009, the three Dutch Technical Universities celebrated World Usability Day in the Netherlands by organising a four day programme of events around the theme of Design for Usability. The programme’s aim was to encourage professionals working in the field of usability at Dutch universities and industry to meet each other and discuss the tools and issues central to excellent usability research.