Design StudioA Methodology of Awesomeness

The Methodology

Design Studio is a collaborative, fast-paced

method that helps teams understand project

fundamentals, constraints and opportunities.

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Todd Zaki WarfelWill Evans

Why Use It?

● Collaborative

● Engaging

● Fast

● Team/Client Ownership

and overall …

it’s alot of FUN!

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What You’ll Need

● Small Mixture of People (3-6)Try to keep it small, the more people the less ineffective the design studio

will be.

● Paper Templates

● Lots of Sharpieso Black

o Green

o Red

● Timer

Can’t Draw? Not a Problem!

You don’t need to be an artist, mockups are just rough

sketches and don’t need to be a masterpiece.

How It Works

Create - sketch lots of ideas on paper.

(5 mins)

How It Works

Pitch - explain your idea and how it

impact the user.

(3 mins)

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How It Works

Critique - provide pros and cons of ideas and

how it will impact

the user.

(3 mins)

How It Works

Iterate - concepts are extracted, recombined

and transformed.

(5 mins)

How It Works

Repeat - start process over again until a

solution is reached.

Create

Critique

SolutionSolution

Sketching for a Solution

All of these ideas will form the solution to get

your project up and running!

Solution!

Solution Solution

Key Goals● Collaborate towards opportunities/constraints/nature

● Take Ideas from perspectives and insights

● Solidify ideas by sharing/evaluating/iterating

● Culture of shared ownership

● Generate ideas quickly

● Open/Honest critiques

● Participant Interaction!

Giving Feedback

● Focus on how or why a design does/doesn’t satisfy the

user's goal.

● Avoid problem solving, the main focus is analyzing

merits of the proposed solution.

● Avoid “I Like” and “I Dislike”

ReferencesDesign Studios: The Good, the Bad, and the Science by Jim Lindstrom

http://www.uxbooth.com/articles/design-studios-the-good-the-bad-and-the-science

The Design Studio Method by Todd Zaki Warfel

https://vimeo.com/37861987

Introduction to Design Studio Methodology by Will Evans

http://www.uie.com/articles/design_studio_methodology

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