Due to COVID-19, many people turned their homes into temporary working or learning spaces. The fo... more Due to COVID-19, many people turned their homes into temporary working or learning spaces. The format and experience of remote working and study have changed dramatically, especially for collaborative works. For remote collaboration, between the level of platform and tool, there is still a missing layer of product that can connect hybrid co-creation experience virtually and physically. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to assist and amplify the remote co-creation experience that bridges learning and collaboration between the tangible world and digital meetings by experimenting with designing the material and process of a remote co-creation workshop. The outcome is the redesign of remote co-creation experience, which enhances crossdisciplinary collaboration, diversifies the format and interaction of online collaboration, facilitates meaningful and efficient communication, extends the co-creation experience from online to offline, encapsulates its service into an education and co-creation learning toolkit-MAKE TO:GATHER, in order to make a positive and meaningful social impact.
22st DMI: Academic Design Management Conference - Impact The Future By Design, 2020
The intention of this study is to experiment with the modified design thinking process by leverag... more The intention of this study is to experiment with the modified design thinking process by leveraging the Funnel Model, a participatory research framework, to increase the opportunity for users to engage and co-create in the product design and development process. The design thinking process is not only about collaborating with trained designers and experts but also working with users and participants to satisfy their needs and to address their pain points. Incorporating the Funnel Model into the modified design thinking process enables designers to distill and integrate research insights into further workflow. The Funnel Model includes the four key steps: (i) Recruit Right Participants; (ii) Select Suitable Participatory Research Tools; (iii) Conduct Qualitative Interpretation; (iv) Distill Research Insights to integrate the voice from the users. In the study, the model was designed and applied to an in-home IoT product design project in the stage of define as an example. Rather than introducing a novel design research methodology, the Funnel Model is a participatory research framework incorporated and built on the design thinking process.
Due to COVID-19, many people turned their homes into temporary working or learning spaces. The fo... more Due to COVID-19, many people turned their homes into temporary working or learning spaces. The format and experience of remote working and study have changed dramatically, especially for collaborative works. For remote collaboration, between the level of platform and tool, there is still a missing layer of product that can connect hybrid co-creation experience virtually and physically. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to assist and amplify the remote co-creation experience that bridges learning and collaboration between the tangible world and digital meetings by experimenting with designing the material and process of a remote co-creation workshop. The outcome is the redesign of remote co-creation experience, which enhances crossdisciplinary collaboration, diversifies the format and interaction of online collaboration, facilitates meaningful and efficient communication, extends the co-creation experience from online to offline, encapsulates its service into an education and co-creation learning toolkit-MAKE TO:GATHER, in order to make a positive and meaningful social impact.
22st DMI: Academic Design Management Conference - Impact The Future By Design, 2020
The intention of this study is to experiment with the modified design thinking process by leverag... more The intention of this study is to experiment with the modified design thinking process by leveraging the Funnel Model, a participatory research framework, to increase the opportunity for users to engage and co-create in the product design and development process. The design thinking process is not only about collaborating with trained designers and experts but also working with users and participants to satisfy their needs and to address their pain points. Incorporating the Funnel Model into the modified design thinking process enables designers to distill and integrate research insights into further workflow. The Funnel Model includes the four key steps: (i) Recruit Right Participants; (ii) Select Suitable Participatory Research Tools; (iii) Conduct Qualitative Interpretation; (iv) Distill Research Insights to integrate the voice from the users. In the study, the model was designed and applied to an in-home IoT product design project in the stage of define as an example. Rather than introducing a novel design research methodology, the Funnel Model is a participatory research framework incorporated and built on the design thinking process.
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