Hi Parag,
Many thanks for your response
Just wanted to say that within the field of design, where the
designer is
involved in reflective practice, the problems are set by the designers
themselves. Even when designers are given a problem by their
clients, they
do not accept the problem as given. Instead, they view the problem
given as
an ill defined problem which is then solved by setting and resetting
the
problem.
Sure, problem setting is as much a part of design as problem solving.
In practice, I spend more time defining and understanding the problem
than I do in solving it. But that doesn't change what I'm looking for.
I would like to compile a set of design challenges that people can
undertake in the context of a design process, including problem
setting. I'd also like to define the sorts of issues the challenge
illustrates, so that discussion of the challenge can be an opportunity
to learn more than just what one solution to one instance of a problem
might be.
This is akin to an IxD pattern library, although not exactly the same
thing. Each pattern in a library sets out a common problem and
discusses potential solutions. I'd like to do the same thing, but not
provide a solution – just set the problem, and I'd like good notes on
what sorts of common interaction design issues each challenge poses.
Does that make sense?
A good example of the sort of thing I have in mind is the problem set
in Cooper's Interaction Designer recruitment aptitude test (http://www.cooper.com/documents/Careers_Exercise_IxDG.pdf
), where applicants are asked to look at a poorly designed interaction
in MS Word and redesign it. If I could compile a list of challenges of
that sort of scale, with good notes as to the nature of the
Interaction problems encountered in each challenge, that'd be ideal.
I have used this process to teach interaction design at the
University of
Limerick, Ireland for last four years and I have seen very encouraging
results. I'll be happy to discuss more on this should you have any
questions
or comments.
Sure, I'd be happy to talk to you off list on this.
regards
John
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