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Friday, May 10 • 11:30am - 12:15pm
What can we learn about mental models from the field of Urban Design?

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Walking is one of the everyday human experiences, where we apply the cognitive workings of the mind and our learned experiences to get from point A to point B. The field of urban design has attempted to understand how people orient themselves and make sense of their surroundings.

Many of the concepts urban designers deal with are relevant to UX designers who seek a deeper understanding of how mental models work. This talk will cover mental frameworks used in urban design that have direct correlations to mental models in navigating software. This talk references a seminal work in urban design, ‘The Image of the City’ by Kevin Lynch based on the study of Boston. It draws connections between well-designed cities and cognitive psychology.
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avatar for Vanita Verma

Vanita Verma

Vanita Verma is a User Experience Designer and Researcher currently working as a Senior Product Designer at Imprivata, where she designs healthcare products.Before transitioning to UX, she worked as an urban designer with a government of India think tank designing public spaces. Vanita... Read More →
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Matthew Belge

Senior Product Designer, Imprivata
Matt Belge is a Senior Product Designer at Imprivata. Matt has been part of the UX scene in Boston almost from the beginning; his first real UX position was at Sun Microsystems in 1992. At Sun he was fortunate enough to work with some of the Macintosh pioneers from Apple who left... Read More →

Friday May 10, 2024 11:30am - 12:15pm EDT
Back Bay C/D
  Design in Society

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