Class 1: 01/26/09
INTRODUCTION
Discussion
Role of design within products, systems, services, art
Designer as catalyst for change
Prototype as lever within a process
Prototyping as a catalyst
Student backgrounds and goals
Exercise
Group Idea mapping.
List random concepts and Interaction points (mobile, back yard etc.). Select from one of each and sketch out the concept on paper within a short time-span.
Stimuli
Strida Bike
Assignments:
Reading:
Harvard Business Review, Design Thinking by Tim Brown
The Anatomy of Sketching, Sketching User Experiences by Bill Buxton
(handout)
The New Economics of Innovation, Serious Play by Michael Schrage
(handout)
(optional)The Four Steps of Visual Thinking (pdf download), Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam
1a. Refine the idea map explored in your group down to five words and three images to be presented in class 2/2. It is essential that you write and sketch and show this concept to people who are not aware of the project. Be prepared to discuss how showing and iterating influenced your final words and pictures. Final words and images must be in a format that you can pin up on the wall. Make copies if you have to.
1b. (extra) Sketching dialog, record and post ten verbal descriptions (think elevator pitch) of your 1a. idea with strangers. Be prepared to play the first and last recording.