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DesignStudio is a collaborative,
fast-paced design method that helps teams

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understand the nature, opportunities, and
constraints of a problem space.

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DesignStudio helps solidify ideas from
various perspectives, create a culture

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of shared ownership and understanding, as
well as open an honest critique.

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The benefits of a DesignStudio are its
rapid idea generation, the fact it quickly

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exposes constraints and requirements, it
incorporates various perspectives,

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builds a shared sense of ownership and
creates a shared team understanding.

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An effective DesignStudio involves anyone
from any role,

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people who may be in a reviewing position
later and

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several small teams of a handful of team
members each.

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To prepare for a design studio, you need a
room with enough wall space,

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about six by six or two by two meters per
team.

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Office supplies specified in the notes
section.

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You'll research in teams.

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The five stages of a design studio are
illuminate,

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sketch, present, critique, and iterate.

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The illumination stage is user research.

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If any one person on the team did not have
a chance to be involved in research, have

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them watch sessions, if they're recorded,
or go over experience sampling data.

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Trying to figure out what people need, ask
each team member to write down

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six important insights based on research
data they went over or observed.

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The DesignStudio is then working in three
rounds.

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In round one, follow these steps.

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Step one, fold an 11 by 17 inch or A3
paper into six rectangles.

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Pick one insight you gained during the
elimination stage for each one of the six

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boxes, and individually sketch six ideas
to solve the problem.

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A lot of times is exactly five minutes.

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Step two, each team member takes three
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present their sketches to the team,
discuss and critique.

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Presenters explain how their drawings
solve a study participant's problem.

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Others clarify by asking, how does this
solve a participant problem?

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A lot of time is exactly three minutes per
presenter, 15 minutes for

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a team of five people.

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In round two follow these steps.

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Step one, synthesize received critique
with team ideas.

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Yes, steal other people's ideas.

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Individually create one sketch for

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a proposed solution on a full 8 by 11 inch
or A4 page.

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Illustrate a solution based on user
insights you gained earlier.

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A lot of time is exactly five minutes.

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Step two, each team member takes three
minutes to present their sketch to

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the team, discuss, and critique.

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And again, presenters explain how their
drawings solve a study

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participant's problem.

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Others clarify by asking how does this
solve a participant problem?

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A lot of time is exactly three minutes per
presenter, and 15 minutes for

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a team of five.

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In round three and last, follow these
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Step one, using sticky pads or

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A1 sheets, combine the teams ideas into
one big sketch.

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A lot of time is 30 minutes.

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Step two, each team takes three minutes to
present their idea to the room.

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Presenters explain how their drawings
solve a research participant problem.

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Key to DesignStudio is what I like to call
evidence based design.

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You are not allowed to come up with ideas
that do not clearly solve and

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observed problem that was uncovered during
research studies.

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Lastly, another important thing to keep in
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any design solution you've developed with
a team or by yourself to solve problems or

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meet needs you observed in research, is an
assumption.

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And you already know what we do with
assumptions.

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That's right.

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We test them.

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Every design solution needs to be
validated or invalidated, then iterated,

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improved and tested again until you prove
it is working well for your users.