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Abstract: When we look at the
drivers of innovation we see two complementary themes emerging: new
technologies or methods that open the way to new solutions, and new insights or
experiences that bring a better understanding of the problem. With a design
thinking approach, we first look to build empathy with the user and the
situation, then we use ideation, prototyping and iteration to explore,
formulate, and test solutions.
In this class session we will go into
more depth with the candidate projects and build our understanding of the
problem areas. We want to learn more about the user needs, goals, and values
around the problem, as well as the constraints and requirements of the
situation itself. One goal for this session is for you to identify a set of
questions that you want to address through interview and observation with real
users of assistive technologies, as well as some good ideas about people that
your team might talk to and work with to inspire both innovation and relevance
for your project. |
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Gayle Curtis is a design
consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in user interface
architecture and design strategy for online ventures and interactive products.
Recently he was Principal Interaction Designer at Yahoo! Earlier he was
Creative Director for Information Architecture at Vivid Studios / ModemMedia,
and he has led the interaction design and user experience architecture for
several startup ventures. At Stanford he has taught courses in Product and HCI
Design, and he is most recently part of the teaching team at the d.school. At
Yahoo! he developed a practice area in strategic ideation and disseminated it
through workshops in the US and Asia. |
John C. Tang is a Senior
Researcher at Microsoft Research where he designs and studies new tools to
support distributed collaboration, which he uses to connect with his research
team up in Redmond, WA from Silicon Valley, CA. John's approach combines
understanding users' needs through social science methods with designing and
prototyping new technologies. John graduated from the Design Division at
Stanford University. |
