After a recent brief but highly productive chat with Sarah Drummond from http://wearesnook.com/snook/ a super cool design crew who are transforming people in Scotland and beyond, I have been inspired to explore some creative approaches to lo-fi prototyping. Our recent experiment … Continue reading
When embarking on any new research project I can’t resist buying a new book or two (or four) as well as going nuts on Google and Twitter looking up anything and everything on the topic at hand. One absolutely awesome … Continue reading
I am currently reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a world that can’t stop talking, by Susan Cain - and am loving it. It is brimming with research, personal anecdotes and lots of evidence to make any researcher stop … Continue reading
Redrollers live has not been so ‘live’ of late, there is a serious backlog of thoughts and activities to post. To kick things off check out this paper Penny Hagen & I wrote about codesign late last year. http://johnnyholland.org/2011/11/enabling-codesign/ Penny … Continue reading
Self-documentation is a method I have been exploring and playing with a few years now. Most qualitative researchers will have packed up a disposable camera or sent out a diary for participants to record their thoughts, activities and preferences. However … Continue reading
For anyone about to get out into the field for the first time I highly recommend this 20 minute video by Dan Saffer, (who is a founder and principal at the design consultancy Kicker Studio). ‘What people are really doing’ … Continue reading
Social Innovation Lab Kent (SILK) aims to provide a creative environment for people to work together. They draw upon best practice from business, design and social science to establish a way of working that places citizens at the very centre … Continue reading
There are some brilliant trends to watch outlined in this presentation. I also recommend the other 4 that are mentioned here by Community Engine: 5 must read social business presentations for 2011. http://www.communityengine.com/top-5-prediction-2011-presentations Got to love it when someone handpicks … Continue reading
I’ve often thought a visual map would be a more accessible and effective means of creating a conversation guide for interviews or discussion groups – but have not actually created one myself. The sassy design researchers at Adaptive Path have … Continue reading
Check out the article @pennyhagen and I wrote for Johnny Holland Magazine.
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