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Doug Bowman

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Doug Bowman

Designer of loveliness

Douglas Bowman is an influential designer whose successful creations and strong convictions have pushed him to the forefront of responsible, forward-thinking web design. Bowman left Wired in 2002 to focus on Stopdesign, a small design firm he founded in San Francisco. Under Stopdesign, he designed widely acclaimed sites and applications for Google, Capgemini, Blogger, Cathay Pacific Airways, Adaptive Path, and Mighty Goods. In 2006, he put work for Stopdesign on hold to join Google as Visual Design Lead. In 2009, Bowman left Google to join Twitter as Creative Director, where he’s leading all design efforts and helping change the world, one hundred and forty characters (or less) at a time.

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Delivering Delight

The power of delight is underutilized in web design. We’re not delighting users enough. Yes, we need to align with business strategy. Yes, we need help users to accomplish tasks and goals. Yes, we need to create usable, accessible interfaces. But that’s just a baseline. To surpass this, we must remember that users are human. They have emotions, insecurities, passions, and desires. The service industry recognizes this, and has, for decades. We too, should be spending more of our time building moments of joy and satisfaction into our design and our products. Doug will focus your attention on a true differentiator in modern product design: delivering experiences that delight.

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Common Structure

The Great Trans-Tasman, Chit Chat, Tim Tam Taste-Off

Also present: Rachel McAlpine, Donna Spencer

Panel Discussion

Also present: Russell Brown, Steve Champeon, Kelly Goto