About Astrid
Astrid Bin is a designer and researcher working on the tools people use to make music and art. She is Principal Designer at RoEx, was founding designer at Bela for nine years, and spent four years in music technology research at Ableton. She holds a PhD in Media and Arts Technology and delivers talks and keynotes on design, craft and music technology.
Signature talks
Keynote · 45 min
Our Ultra-Processed Interfaces: What technology can learn from Doritos
A keynote on how our culture's trend towards ultra-processing is affecting our tools, and what we as designers can do about it.
- Cultural understanding of forces affecting our taste and design choices
- Connecting larger social trends to design process
- Motivation for careful and intentional designing
Designproduct designmusic technologydesign culture
45 min
How I learned to quit whining and love the docs: Documentation as design process
This talk describes how documentation is a central part of the design process, and how the docs process improves product design outcomes.
- Understanding how documentation and design are related
- The importance of documentation to the end customer
- Multimodal documentation across print, video, and customer interfaces
- What documentation means when it's not your job
Documentationdesign processproduct design
45 min
Where No Design Has Gone Before: Lessons in musical instrument design from Star Trek
What I learned about design from the process of re-creating a musical instrument that was never meant to exist.
- Useful ways of interrogating our own design assumptions
- Using science fiction as a way to think about the present
Design culturescience fictionproduct designdesign process
45 min
Dork Patterns: The story of Little Character
A keynote on the process of discovering a lost font and rescuing it from obscurity, and the rich design history uncovered along the way
- Design history
- Interconnectedness of design and the world
- Trusting one's inner compass
Design archaeologytypographydesign philosophydesign historycontemporary culture
Audiences
Product leadersdesign leaders