Designing Mobile Interfaces

Appendix F. About the Authors

Steven Hoober has been documenting the design process for all of his 15 year design career, and entered mobile full time in 2007 when he joined Little Springs Design. His work includes Designing by Drawing, templates for mobile design, and he frequently blogs on design and UX topics. Steven has led projects on security, account management, content distribution, and communications services for numerous products, from construction supplies to hospital recordkeeping. Steven’s mobile work has included design of browsers, e-readers, search, NFC, mobile banking, data communications, location, and OS overlays. Steven spent eight years at US mobile operator Sprint and has also worked with AT&T, Qualcomm, Samsung, Skyfire, Bitstream, VivoTech, The Weather Channel, Lowe’s, and Hallmark Cards.

Eric Berkman is an Interaction Designer and Experience Architect at Digital Eskimo, a leading user-centered design agency whose projects involve inspiring change. Eric’s design career has included developing mobile UI experiences for global telecommunications companies; branding and packaging design for Coca-Cola, Miller Brewing Company, and Bristol-Meyers Squibb; and interactive museum exhibitions. His expertise and interests focus on a user-centric, participatory design approach to create meaningful individual, social, and cultural interactions. He has both a bachelor’s degree in industrial design and a master’s in interaction design from the University of Kansas. He currently ...