On Nov 28, 2007, at 2:31 PM, Robert Hoekman, Jr. wrote: > Incidentally, though, the use of personas didn't change the fact > that this went untouched for so long, and a decision to use > personas would not have made it happen any sooner. It only > addresses how the designer arrived at the new design once someone > finally decided to pay attention to the problem.
Actually, the way Deborah Adler (the designer) describes the discovery stage, she stumbled upon it accidentally when her grandmother accidentally took the wrong medication because the bottles were poorly labeled. Deborah then created several personas that she used throughout her reconceptualizing (which was for a school project). As with many things, it wasn't a decision to use a particular design technique (personas) that inspired the innovation. It was just dumb luck. But the design techniques helped the designer move from a concept through production. (In this case, the personas were important because of all the different parts of the business that were involved.) Are you thinking that I'm saying innovation only comes from personas? Because I'm not. Innovation and inspiration can come from almost anything. Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: +1 978 327 5561 http://uie.com Blog: http://uie.com/brainsparks ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
