I am Bojhan Somers. Interaction designer living and working in Amsterdam. Currently studying Interaction Design at Utrecht school of Arts
- Active as UX-Team Lead in the Drupal community
- Love to talk about opensource, information architecture and design
- Passionate about designing complex (web) applications and physical things
I have been intrested from early-on in design, both in its scientific as its artistic aspects. Building an understanding of how people use products, with this beign able to work on a variety of project.
For the last two years I've been involved in the Drupal community, helped form the UX team and have taken a lead role in bringing user experience changes to the core software. I enjoy the challenges of designing in an open source environment and am always looking to get new people involved.
I work as a freelance interaction designer, primarily on (web) applications. My client list includes Nokia, TomTom, UEFA, Lee Jeans and technology startups. Most of my work consists of running usability tests, interaction design and information architecture.
Presentations
- Drupal 7UX - Drupalcamp Stockholm, November 2009
- Design in Opensource - Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit, October 2009
- Building Blocks For Your Modules UI - Drupalcon Paris, September 2009
- Complex interfaces - Drupaljam Utrecht, June 2009
- Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 - Drupalcon DC, March 2009
- Drupal Usability testing at University of Baltimore - Drupalcon DC, March 2009
- Creating Considerate Web Applications - Drupalcamp Colorado, July 2008