I had the fortune of presenting on a topic of great interest to me - context - at UX Australia this past August. I was inspired to think about how we can best design with different levels of context in mind. Using Ray and Charles Eames' "Levels of Ten" short film as a model, I discussed how zooming in and out to different levels of context impact how we think about what we're designing, and have different factors of consideration at each level. I begin to touch on the impact of this zooming on the work we do, but it certainly warrants more discussion and consideration. I'm definitely not done with this topic - it keeps lingering.
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