Alexis Brion. Interaction designer.
Experience
Since 12/2006
Designer and Founder at Design vs Art. User experience, product and interaction design.
Since 07/2006
Working at the European Organization for Astronomical Research as a system engineer with focus on databases, Garching by Munich, Germany. I designed a control board system to support script operations.
2004-2006
Worked at Ciao.com, price comparison portal, Munich, Germany. Content development (taking care of the online catalogue) and junior database developer. I have experience working with programmers located overseas.
Before 2004
Accenture, using SAP Financial module. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
BPD Solutions, using Hyperion business intelligence tools to design business reports, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Education
12/2009
Arduino weekend workshop: an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists and designers interested in creating interactive objects or environments.
09/2009
Met design professionals at the Sustainable Summer School to discuss and design the future of everyday life and rituals. Attended the workshop "Lifestyle Light", focused on the creation of new patterns for a sustainable lifestyle that people would like to adapt. The workshop included: basic facts, method of self observation and in- and output analysis, data evaluation, creativity session, development process and presentation of a project. Bergische Universität Wuppertal / Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.
08/2009
"Combining Requiriments and Interaction Design Through Usage Scenarios" course. Uppsala, Sweden.
08/2009
"Understanding Users in Context" course on user centered research and design. Uppsala, Sweden.
04/2009
Course on Systems Engineering for Technology Based Projects and Product Development. Project Performance International, London, UK.
12/2008
Design Drawing course at the Münchner Volkshochschule on industrial products drawing techniques. Munich, Germany.
10/2008
UX Intensive by Adaptive Path. Courses and workshops on Design Strategy, Design Research, Information Architecture and Interaction Design. Copenhagen, Denmark.
02/2008
"From Data to Difference" workshop at the Interaction Design Association Conference 2008. Activity-driven workshop about data collection, analysis and synthesis. Savannah, USA.
09/2007
Interaction design course by Bruce Tognazzini on usability and HCI design. Barcelona, Spain.
1999/2002
Degree in Computer Science oriented to business and information design, Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Press / Articles
2009
"Interaction designer Alexis Brion on interfaces in consumer products", mention in Core77 Design Magazine.
2008
"Usability and Interface Design Books", article on Smashing Magazine.