Design Briefings

Design Briefings Co-Chair

Thomas Erickson, Apple Computer Ian McClelland, Philips Corporate Design

Deadline

20 September 1996, 17:00 (5:00 p.m.) local time at receiving address.

Send To

Thomas Erickson
Apple Computer, Inc.
1 Infinite Loop
MS 301-4UE
Cupertino, CA 95014, USA

Tel: +1-408 974 3767
Fax: +1-408 974 5505

Email: chi97-design-br@acm.org

For More Information

Electronic versions of additional materials useful for preparing a submission are available via this site, or by automatic e-mail server by sending e-mail to chi97-send-design-br@acm.org

A Design Briefing is a presentation of a notable user interface design. Briefings typically focus on the evolution of the design, discussing its rationale, users, and the studies, design techniques, and evaluation methods that informed the development process. Topics may include the development of the interaction style; evolution of the design's aesthetic; the interplay between interface and content; the effectiveness of various design methods; attempts to understand social and cultural implications of the design; and organizational impacts on the design. In the spirit of the conference theme, "Looking to the Future", designers are invited to consider new methods, issues, social implications, and questions suggested by their work.

Design Briefings are not simply demonstrations of functionality or marketing opportunities. Promotion of products or companies should be avoided. Design Briefings differ from papers in two ways. The aim of a Design Briefing is to reveal the particularities of the design and the details of the context and practices which shaped it; extensive references to the literature are not necessary. Second, practices employed by designers for creating, evaluating, and modifying user interfaces vary greatly in their degree of formality: rigorously collected, statistically significant data, for example, is not required; however, clear explanations of evaluation methods, decision criteria, resolution of trade-offs, etc., are vital.

Design Briefings will be held in an auditorium and will run about 25 minutes, including a demonstration and a question period.

Review Process

The Design Briefings committee will consider both product and process issues. Submissions will be evaluated with respect to both how interesting the finished user interface design is and the extent to which informative stories will be told about the design process.

Format

Description

Prepare an 8-page description of the Design Briefing in the Conference Proceedings format. This will be published in the Conference Proceedings if the briefing is accepted.

Information that may be relevant for a Design Briefing includes:

A statement of why the interface is notable,
A description of the users for whom the interface was intended,
Examples of or a demonstration of the interface,
Illustrations of various stages of the design's evolution,
Brief reports on how the various designs were evaluated, and
Discussions of design trade-offs and process innovations.

Additional Information

Also prepare one or two pages for the review committee with information about the presenter's background and involvement in the actual design project. If several presenters are involved, do this for each.

Upon Acceptance

Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by mid-November 1996. Authors of accepted briefings will then have about one month to revise their briefing based on the reviewers' comments. The primary author of each accepted Design Briefing will receive an Author Kit with detailed instructions on how to submit camera-ready and electronic materials for publication. These materials are due on 15 December 1996.

The 8-page accepted Design Briefings will be published in the CHI 97 Conference Proceedings and the CHI 97 Electronic Publication.

This year authors of accepted Design Briefings will also be encouraged to prepare an interactive version of their material, e.g., an interactive poster or demonstration, to share with conference attendees.

Submissions

Your submission must be in English, and should be previously unpublished.
Electronic and fax submissions are not accepted.
Submissions which arrive after the deadline will not be considered.
Your submission should contain no proprietary or confidential material and should cite no proprietary or confidential publications.
Responsibility for permissions to use video, audio or pictures of identifiable people rests with you, not CHI 97.
If your submission is accepted, it will not be published without copyright release forms signed by the first-listed author or a representative of the first author's institution.
We strongly suggest the use of express mail or a courier service, for speedy delivery. Customs labels should bear the words "Educational materials with no commercial value."

Checklist

Please follow the steps in this checklist to ensure completeness in your submission.

[ ] Read the Conference Overview.

[ ] Fill out Cover Pages One, Two and Three.

[ ] Prepare an 8-page Description in the Conference Proceedings format for publication, as described above.

[ ] Prepare the Additional Information for review, as described above.

[ ] Collect Cover Pages One, Two and Three, the Description, and the Additional Information, in the order given, in a packet, and make 10 copies of the packet. Use 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 paper.

[ ] Make sure each copy of the packet is stapled, not loose or held by clips.

[ ] You may include a self-addressed reply postcard which we will mail to acknowledge receipt of your submission.

[ ] Send the 10 copies of your submission packet, and the reply postcard, to the Send To address shown.