Javier Cañada

Current

• Owner-Designer at Planetaki.com
• Director at Vostok
• Professor of Interaction Design and Usability at Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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Past

• Interaction Designer at Feevy.com
• Design Manager at 11870.com
• Design Manager at The Cocktail

• Senior Interaction Designer at Indra
• HCI Consultant at IconMedialab

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Education

• Universidad de Granada
• University of Washington

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Industry

Design

Javier Cañada’s Summary

I have been designing interactive products for 10 years now. Most of the time I worked at IT firms and web agencies. Now I have my own studio. It's called Vostok.

Right now I am trying to make planetaki the easiest newsreader in the world. You should try it: http://www.planetaki.com

Javier Cañada’s Specialties:

interaction design
user experience
product design
information architecture

Javier Cañada’s Experience

• Owner-Designer

  Planetaki.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

• Director

  Vostok

  (Design industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  At Vostok we pursue beauty through the creation of digital products and services. Some are of our own, like planetaki.com (the nicest news reader) and some are designed for our clients. We also train other professionals so they become better interaction designers.

• Professor of Interaction Design and Usability

  Universitat Pompeu Fabra

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)

  Professor of Interaction Design and Usability at the Master of Digital Documentation, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

• Interaction Designer

  Feevy.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  March 2007 — April 2007 (2 months)

  Designed all product and interaction experience for feevy.com

• Design Manager

  11870.com

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)

  January 2006 — February 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  Responsible for the design and usability of 11870.com

• Design Manager

  The Cocktail

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  March 2004 — 2006 (2 years )

  Leading the efforts and strategies in interaction design and user experience.
  
  Coordinating other consultants and designers in interaction design activities.

• Senior Interaction Designer

  Indra

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2003 — March 2004 (9 months)

  Leading interaction design and user experience activities in specific projects.
  
  Training and mentoring junior consultants.

• HCI Consultant

  IconMedialab

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2000 — June 2003 (3 years 3 months)

Javier Cañada’s Education

• Universidad de Granada

  BA , Sociology and Political Science , 1995 — 2000

• University of Washington

  International scholarship student , New Media Communications , 1998 — 1999

  Attended graduate courses on new media and society with professors John E. Bowes and Phil Bereano.

Additional Information

Javier Cañada’s Groups:

CADIUS, APICE

•    Cadius
•    University of Washington Alumni Group
•    IconMedialab Alumni

Javier Cañada’s Contact Settings

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