Observing & Understanding Human Behavior to Create Thoughtful Interaction Design
Here is a guide to how to properly cite online research materials: An Article in an Online Scholarly Journal Example: Wheelis, Mark. “Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.” Emerging Infectious Diseases 6.6 (2000): 33 pars. 8 May 2006 http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no6/wheelis.htm>. Online scholarly journals must include: Author Article title Journal… Read more »
Here is an example of a final project for DR2008 from 2015: Bestow: http://q-less.wixsite.com/bestow This group project was a design for a speculative device that would allow people to share, record and pass on recipes for home cooked dishes between generations.
This is a useful exercise that you can use to “act out” the user experience of your final projects. While you’re developing your projects, try this exercise to help you identify overlooked aspects in your design: https://dschool.stanford.edu/groups/k12/wiki/48c54/Bodystorming.html
By this time, you should have a title and description of your project that addresses a need or problem. Describe your solution clearly. You should review the research and interviews you conducted and summarize your findings. Ask yourself what were the conclusions and what did you learn that was unexpected? How do your findings effect, refine… Read more »
Let’s revisit some of the fundamental principles that Donald Norman introduced at the beginning of the semester. As you become immersed in your final projects, it’ll be useful to reflect and remind yourselves of these concepts. User Centered Design should make sure that: The user can figure out what to do. The user can tell… Read more »
DR2008 Final Project Evaluation Guidelines The final project is a moving image presentation and narrative proof of concept for an original idea for a screen-based experience. You or your group will each be giving a presentation of 20 minutes on your project using a combination of media including (but not limited to) images, text, movies and… Read more »
Your assignment this week is to refine your final project ideas using the Design Thinking methods introduced in class. Here is a reading that also outlines the key concepts: Intro to Design Thinking This process should help to clarify and articulate how your project ideas respond to a human need and state the larger purpose that… Read more »
Part 1: Write a response to the exhibition “Future World”. Keep in mind the following questions – What is experience design and what are the possibilities of responsive environments? How might this change the way we think about the world around us and the ways that we communicate with each other? Part 2: Start to work… Read more »
Here is more information about some of the projects that we saw today in the “Future World” exhibition. You can also use these as a reference for more information as you write your reflection on the museum visit. Ultra Subjective Space http://www.team-lab.net/concept/chou_shukan_kukan/ These are the adaptive creation of our artworks about interactive 4d vision. Circulm… Read more »
Over a two-day period, do the following: DAY 1 – create a diary of when, why and what you use your mobile device for. Observe how others are using their mobile devices. What are the most common uses and where do you see these behaviors? DAY 2 – Do not use your phone, computer or… Read more »