What happens if I give my interaction design students a box packed with different materials and challenge them to design a space that is better suited to their creative collaboration? To elicit inspirational ideas about what a creative space could (or should) bring them I designed a probe called 📦 The Box. Each of the
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Positions on Participation
In a manifesto we share with our students, the first guideline is “Work with the real users!”. Within the field of interaction design, we often work towards designing (digital) products or services. With these solutions there is always someone for whom you make it, someone who will use and experience it. As a designer you
Design Probes & Living Atlas
The second method I tried in my explorations of different participatory design methods is called ‘design probes.’ A probe is often a package of an artefact and a corresponding task. They enable the participant to record specific events or feelings actively and in his own environment. Probes are usually used explorative and in the early
Conversation Piece.. or space
As part of setting up my design research, I will explore and try different methods for participatory design. Although some of these methods are new and likely to be executed quick and dirty, I hope to experience enough to determine what their role can be in my design research. The first method tried in these