Christian Égéa

information interaction design

What I Do

Independently or as part of a team, I practice a user–centered approach to design products and services that are viable, feasible and desirable.

Within the parameters of business objectives and technical capability, I act as the advocate for end–users, serving the client by ensuring that their innovative product or service primarily satisfies the goals and desires of the people who will actually use it.

Design to make sense

I work with clients to strategically plan and structure innovation. I learn about a project’s domain and perform user research to get to know the intended audience: knowledge and findings lead to an information organization model that fits the way end-users actually think and communicate.

Design for performance

I transform strategy into a conceptual framework for orchestrating how users interact with a product or service, creating experiences that are meaningful, empowering and satisfying.

Design for pleasure

I materialize the information structure and interaction framework into a visible, tangible interface that supports both usability and delight.

Photograph of Christian Égéa's sketchbooks.

Skills and Abilities

Fundamentally, drawing is the defining practice of my profession and writing is its indispensable complement. I also have a strong ability to empathize, which has proven to be a key asset in a humanistic domain like design.

Specific abilities include:
  • Design Strategy and Consulting;
  • Project Leadership;
  • Project Management;
  • Qualitative Research;
  • Information Architecture;
  • Interaction Design;
  • Content Strategy;
  • Storytelling and Narrative Structure;
  • XHTML / CSS and basic PHP;
  • Typographics and Visual Design;
  • Design Communication and Documentation.
Software:
  • Adobe Creative Suite (ID, IA, PS, Flash), among which InDesign and Illustrator are my tools of choice;
  • Keynote for formal presentations;
  • Numbers for tables and budgets;
  • BBEdit for markup and CSS;
  • OmniGraffle to render diagrams and wireframes;
  • OmniPlan for project calendars.