Friday, Mar 27, 2009

Random collected thoughts on design

Design Thinking by Austin Govella

Random thoughts on design's basic constructs, the contexts in which these constructs live, and what out methods really help us do.

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Collecting a couple of random thoughts where I can find them again. Considering this a crazy check as well: chime in if you think any of this is crazy.

In design, we model four constructs:

1. Actors (direct and indirect stakeholders)
2. Interfaces
3. Interactions
4. Systems

Actors use an interface to engage in an interaction bound by a system.

We place these constructs in four contexts:

1. Mental (user’s mind)
2. Spatial (place, layout)
3. Temporal (sequence, prior- and next-steps)
4. Social (community)

Our methods help us accomplish one (or several) of three activities:

1. Generate data (discover)
2. Analyze (model)
3. Communicate (validate)

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