Week Four Workshops

PRIMARY: Its not about you.


What will I do?
Create stories or themes out of the things we observe around us and use this in the  generation of ideas. Bodystorming is a unique method that spans empathy work, ideation, and prototyping.
Who should come?
If you are interested in using empathy as a process to gain insight.
Interested in IDEO methods? http://www.ideo.com/work/item/human-centered-design-toolkit/
What should I bring? 
- Pencil and paper, chocolate and band aids




SECONDARY:  Designing with data (i.e., ‘things known or assumed as facts…)


What will I do?
What does data look like? What data you need and how do you hunt and gather it? What do you do with it once I have it? How do I know if it’s useful data? How do I turn it into something (visual) to support my research project? Who’s it for and why?
Data is not just numbers. There is hard data and soft data in the form of facts, figures, statistics, details, particulars, specifics and features. Learn some foundation concepts and processes to understanding and working with a variety of as creative practice-based researchers.
Who should come?
You have or are looking for some nuggets of information (collecting, surveying) and you’re looking for ways to activate it (analyse, synthesise). You’re stuck, need to get started or want to learn something new.

What should I do?
Bring some data related to your topic area: some facts, stats, quotes. Start with looking for relevant and correlative data here: www.stats.govt.nzwww.data.govt.nzwww.teara.govt.nz