A while back, there were discussions about design research and inspiration. Steve Portigal has a good little article in Core77 called "Design Research: Practice noticing stuff and telling stories," http://www.core77.com/hack2school/portigal.asp
"To be a better design researcher, hone your ability to observe the world around you. Keep a regular log that you add to at least weekly (daily would be ideal). Document the strange, the curious, the weird, the awesome and the funny. Learn to keep a close eye on the artifacts, signs, designs, behaviors, products and experiences that you encounter in your everyday life. Put your observations on the Internet. Maybe no one will see them, but the discipline of taking your observations out of your own head and publishing them in a sharable form will force you into telling a story. As much as design research is about observing others, there's something very personal about how and what we see, and developing that voice will serve you well. Collect stories and retell them in your own way, emphasizing the perspective you want others to take away." Does anyone have a 'suitcase' where the stick stuff they find? I know some of us may use flickr, del.icio.us or other means of collecting inspiration. Moleskin? How do you record your observations and remember where you got inspriration from? I know this is one possible use for @zakiwarfel's research framework which can of course be used for user research/testing but can also be used for book writing and design research. Anyone have a formal process/framework out there? -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ 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
