Charles Law

Current

Associate Interaction Designer at AKQA
Change Thinker at Associati

Past

Interaction Designer at Siemens Corporate Research
User Experience Design at Research In Motion

Education

Simon Fraser University

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Industry

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Charles Law’s Summary

Charles Law is a B.Sc. graduate of the Interaction Design program at Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, Canada.

During his academic career he had the chance to participate in a year long italiaDesign research program led by a leading academic expert on Italian Studies and Design. Two months of the program involved studying abroad in Italy for a rich cultural, historical, and design experience.

He has also participated in four and six month internships with Research in Motion and Siemens Corporate Research, respectively as an User Experience Designer and Interaction Designer.

Charles is currently working at AKQA in San Francisco as an Associate Interaction Designer.

Charles believes that Interaction Design is a process involving deep understandings of social and cultural contexts in order to stitch together complex disconnections and ultimately cumulating in delightful outcomes.

Charles Law’s Specialties:

Interaction design, user-centered design, graphic-user interfaces (from user studies to visual treatment), experience design, UI architecture, design process engineering, idea generation, team-based problem solving, communication design

Charles Law’s Experience

Associate Interaction Designer

AKQA

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 2009 — Present (6 months)

Currently working as an Associate Interaction Designer at internationally renowned creative agency, AKQA. I am responsible for crafting and defining the behavior and logic of user experiences across multiple product platforms and services. My intentions are to always create elegant and purposeful results that make sense for both the user and project strategy.
Change Thinker

Associati

(Design industry)

2006 — Present (3 years )

Ongoing participation in future focused group focused on exploring and understanding unique matters of life in order to create new realities.
Interaction Designer

Siemens Corporate Research

(Design industry)

August 2008 — February 2009 (7 months)

Completed a six month internship in a cross-functional research environment as an Interaction Designer working on a wide range of different projects ranging in Automation and Control, Imaging and Visualization, and Real-Time Vision and Modeling. Primary projects involved ideating and designing concepts, storyboards, and functional prototypes for High Performance Buildings and Medical Solutions.
User Experience Design

Research In Motion

(Public Company; RIMM; Wireless industry)

January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)

Worked as an user experience design associate to enhance the use of Research in Motion’s Blackberry smartphones along with related software applications. Core responsibilities included conducting detailed heuristic evaluations, designing concepts, and presenting analysis to both managers and clients.

Charles Law’s Education

Simon Fraser University

Bsc , Interaction Design , 2003 — 2008

Interaction Design at Simon Fraser Univeristy is a future-focused program that teaches human interactions and relationships to technology, including usability testing and ethnography studies. Other areas of focus include innovative design processes, social and cultural study, graphic design and communication. Projects are heavily based on design process, problem solving, and team management.

Activities and Societies:

Italia Design Field School