The 5th Annual UXies were Monday Nov. 16 2015 at Parsons School of Design, New York. The 2015 UXies was a sold out event of incredible learning and inspiration from 25 talks, 44 speakers, 8 judges and 20 winners from around the world. The following presentation, which was presented at the UX Awards, examines:
• The UX Award’s mission
• 2015 judges
• Internal evaluation criteria
• Judging process
• Year-by-year entry and winner metrics
• Prizes and benefits
• 2015 partners and sponsors
• 20 winning projects
For more information, please visit http://userexperienceawards.com/.
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O U R I N T E R N A L E V A L U A T I O N C R I T E R I A
1. User & needs clearly identified
2. Product clearly solves those needs
3. Well-designed, intuitive & usable product
4. UX process explained in submission, incorporating best practices
5. User research & testing incorporated
6. Case study has a coherent, compelling narrative
7. Impressive product/ New/ Advanced technology
8. Impressive impact/ customer adoption/ satisfaction
9. Negatives: product demo only; no mention of ux; no process discussion
10. Negatives: incoherent, confusing, sloppy, full of errors
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Solves a problem (useful)
Understands users' needs
Thinks of UX as a journey
Examines edge cases (comprehensive)
Is easy to understand and use (usable)
Is appealing and desirable
E V A L U A T I O N C R I T E R I A
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I was really hoping to use mind-blowing and soul-inspiring as my
evaluation criteria, but found “Simple, delightful, and well-crafted” to be a
more pragmatic set of heuristics
E V A L U A T I O N C R I T E R I A
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E V A L U A T I O N C R I T E R I A
Process - did they involve users and really seek to understand their problems?
Insight - were there insights derived and put to use in the design?
Execution Quality- Was the design executed with polish and flair?
Results - could they show evidence of the positive impact their design had?
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E V A L U A T I O N C R I T E R I A
Insights about people that leads to the solution (Understanding and
empathy with users)
Solution well defined
Evidence that the solution is a good one (ex: via user feedback/ testing)
A creative, surprising and well executed solution- not just good
process and ideas. Dazzles with brilliance and precision
Has some personality and authenticity
35. 1 GRAND
3 SILVER
3 BRONZE
1 TOP RATED - Public Vote Finalist
3 GOLD
1 STUDENT
1 PEOPLE’S CHOICE - Top Public Vote
5 HONORABLE MENTION
1 MOST POPULAR - Public Vote Finalist
1 STUDENT HONORABLE MENTION
36. $1000 - GRAND
CRYSTAL TROPHIES OR FRAMED CERTIFICATES
LOOP11- $350 FOR ALL WINNERS, $9900 GRAND
$250- GOLD
ROSENFELD MEDIA BOOK
CHAMPAGNE- SILVER
WINNERS
UXIES TOTE BAG
37. RESUME & PORTFOLIO CRITIQUE- JOANNE WEAVER
BERLIN SCHOOL- 4 MBA SCHOLARSHIPS TO 20K EU
SPARKSGROVE, SALESFORCE, HUGE, SAP, ZOOMDATA
$30 TEST CREDITS WITH VALIDATELY
50% FIRST MONTH OF HARVEST - CODE “UXIES”
GENERAL ASSEMBLY- $200 PT / $500 FT DISCOUNTS
2 MONTHS FREE OF PROTO.IO
SWAG & ATTENDEE PERKS
RUTGERS UXD MINI-MASTERS- $4500 SCHOLARSHIP
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THANK YOU, ADVISORY BOARD!
Todd Lefelt
Managing Director of User
Experience, Huge
Scott McDonald
Co-Founder and Managing
Director, Modus
Matthew Weber
VP of UX and Design,
Zoomdata and Adjunct, NYU
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AND THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS!
Jessica Hageman!
Lauren Salem, Ryan Pearson, Kristen Cruisus, Kat Vellos, Nikolai Chesalin,
Max Chavelev, Julia Salem, Tyler Starrine, Samantha Fader, Kanae Clar, Joanne
Weaver, Rebecca Levi, June Eng, Yu Yan, Lily Liu, Kim Moy, Shira Palka, Jenine
Lurie, Rochelle Cherenfant, Bill Prickett, Bella Zhang, Lilian Zhu, Julian Norton,
Elena Bakhtina, Diana Thai, Michelle Fiesta, Michael Dweck, Ronan Kenny, Karma
Hallmark, Melissa Mendoza, Kemoy Gray, Stephanie Chen,
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EXTRA DRINK TICKET THANKS TO SPARKS GROVE
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