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~[6] culural probes: real
people, virtual identies.
an impossible cooperation. georg tremmel and shiho fukuhara with:
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E Brendan Walker:AERIAL/HD:+Work+:RCA:=Equator=:probe student project:BriefBrendan Walker:AERIAL/HD:+Work+:RCA:=Equator=:probe student project:BriefBrendan Walker:AERIAL/HD:+Work+:RCA:=Equator=:probe student{5A297E80-D797-11D5-AD4E-00039315CB3C}5wIk-E~9tqlPUw)" Oh+'0  0 < H T`hpx' Background ackBrendan WalkerorenNormal Sarah Penningtonrd25aMicrosoft Word 8.0d@6@Ȅn@9k@n Q:rU]]Qi Ne2YyiA}1ܵI -uסB92=+3)\ N3'EcLOW=v@uU* S EfaGOENO"WtњSm=;MGA_ ٴD¹Z5t)ɤ>持!elSX]׹gjkA]s EşVڽxq$MÓ!mWo-%;ׂy;U"\Q$LL##D#V>$>$>$#:L#L#)`xLLLL#)>$>$)LL)0###j)PROBES PROJECT Background CRD Research initiated probes during the Presence project and is currently using the process within the Equator project. Probes are collections of tasks designed to elicit inspirational information from people about their individual lives. Probes can be as straightforward as asking people for a set of household rules, or as surreal as asking them to imagine their neighbourhood as a human body. 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Probes are collections of tasks designed to elicit inspirational information from people about their individual lives. Probes can be as straightforward as asking people for a set of household rules, or as surreal as asking them to imagine their neighbourhood as a human body. If questions are too clear, then they constrain the answers you might receive, but if they are too absurd you will only get nonsense. The trick is to find a balance so that the probes are both informative and provocative. The process of designing and delivering the probes, then collecting and sifting through the returns creates important first opportunities for dialogue between volunteers and designers. The content of the probe returns can be very mundane, or some may be more peculiar. How someone writes around the edge of a page may inspire more ideas than what they actually wrote about. The most banal information may prove to be pivotal to a design proposal. When approaching the returns you dont need to analyse them, but you should think about organising, abstracting and interpreting. Use them to tell stories, blurring fiction and fact. How would a coroner record the death of their dysfunctional toaster; what if the person could only love on a Thursday? Imagine and design new products and services inspired by the probe process. Be prolific, sketch your ideas quickly to produce a collection of proposals that respond to what youve learned. We hope that the ideas you encounter during the probes project will extend into your work later in the year. Objectives Identify who your volunteers will be, and what issues you want to explore. Design a set of probes that will give rich information. Make several sets of probes. Send out probes just before Christmas, and collect them just after. Organise the returns and make design proposals on their basis. Schedule Monday 19th November 2001 2.00pm Presentation Domestic and Cultural Probes, Bill Gaver Briefing Brendan Walker Brainstorm Group brainstorm session to kick off ideas Thursday 22nd November 2001 2.00pm Tutorials Identifying subject territory and coercing volunteers. Thursday 29th November 2001 10.00am Tutorials Each group presents probe ideas and proposals. Friday 7th December 2001 2.00pm Interim Crit Groups present a sample probe pack. Thursday 13th December 2001 10.00am Tutorials Inspection of completed probe packs. _____________________________________________________________ CHRISTMAS BREAK _____________________________________________________________ Thursday 10th January 2002 10.00am Group Discussion Groups show probe returns with initial ideas and thoughts for sketch development 21st to 25th January 2001 Interim show Probes, returns and design proposals will be exhibited. Thursday 24th January 2001 10.00am Final Crit Concluding group crit in interim show. they are too absurd you will only get nonsense. The trick is to find a balance so that the probes are both informative and provocative. The process of designing and delivering the probes, then collecting and sifting through the returns creates important first opportunities for dialogue between volunteers and designers. The content of the probe returns can be very mundane, or some may be more peculiar. How someone writes around the edge of a page may inspire more ideas than what they actually wrote about. The most banal information may prove to be pivotal to a design proposal. When approaching the returns you dont need to analyse them, but you should think about organising, abstracting and interpreting. Use them to tell stories, blurring fiction and fact. How would a coroner record the death of their dysfunctional toaster; what if the person could only love on a Thursday? Imagine and design new products and services inspired by the probe process. Be prolific, sketch your ideas quickly to produce a collection of proposals that respond to what youve learned. We hope that the ideas you encounter during the probes project will extend into your work later in the year. Objectives Identify who your volunteers will be, and what issues you want to explore. Design a set of probes that will give rich information. Make several sets of probes. Send out probes just before Christmas, and collect them just after. Organise the returns and make design proposals on their basis. Schedule Monday 19th November 2001 2.00pm Presentation Domestic and Cultural Probes, Bill Gaver Briefing Brendan Walker Brainstorm Group brainstorm session to kick off ideas Thursday 22nd November 2001 2.00pm Tutorials Identifying subject territory and coercing volunteers. Thursday 29th November 2001 10.00am Tutorials Each group presents probe ideas and proposals. Friday 7th December 2001 2.00pm Interim Crit Groups present a sample probe pack. Thursday 13th December 2001 10.00am Tutorials Inspection of completed probe packs. _____________________________________________________________ CHRISTMAS BREAK _____________________________________________________________ Thursday 10th January 2002 10.00am Group Discussion Groups show probe returns with initial ideas and thoughts for sketch development 21st to 25th January 2001 Interim show Probes, returns and design proposals will be exhibited. Thursday 24th January 2001 10.00am Final Crit Concluding group crit in interim show.   D L ^ j $ - _ g i  T,.068FS*J,.22445CJOJQJ CJOJQJCJ EHOJQJ5 5OJQJ6H*OJQJ 6OJQJCJ CJOJQJ6OJQJG CDKL{ | 9 :  9 : W  CDKL{ | 9 :  9 : W X D ^ $ ^ _ |n67nJKhi hiz{/W X D ^ $ ^ _  T7_  Td+,F  &': h xKmTd+,F44(/ =!"#$% |HH03BG{HH(d'` in CRD.initiatein CRD when the project has finished.in CRD. The Probe approach was initially developed for the Presence project by CRD Research, and was extended more recently for the Equator project. Probes are not just a method, they are an approach to design. We hope they might influence the way you pursue future projects.   D L ^ j $ - _ g i  T,.068FS*J,.2244~65CJOJQJ CJOJQJCJ EHOJQJ5 5OJQJ6H*OJQJ 6OJQJCJ CJOJQJ6OJQJH The Probe approach was initially developed for the Presence project by CRD Research, and was extended more recently for the Equator project. Probes are not just a method, they are an approach to design. We hope they might influence the way you pursue future projects. |HH03BG{HH(d'`  ࡱ> )+(s  jbjb kk ]hhhhhhh &z||||||,~hhh@hhz|""hhhhzzhhzy<jz xxxx Probes Background Probes are a collection of tasks designed to eke out information from people about their individual lives. They can be as simple as supplying disposable cameras with request for specific shots, to asking people to imagine their neighbourhood was a body and identify various features using stickers. The process of designing and delivering the probes, then collecting and sifting through the returns creates important first opportunities for dialogue between volunteers and designers. The information imparted back from the completed probes can be very specific, or some may be more esoteric. How someone writes around the edge of a page may inspire more ideas than what they actually wrote about. The most banal information may prove to be pivotal to a design proposal. The next stage is the interpretation and abstraction of the returns. Blur fiction and fact. How would a coroner record the death of their dysfunctional toaster, what if the person could only love on a Thursday? Throw it all around a room, sleep on it, have a few vivid dreams, imagine new products and services, write and draw them be prolific. Objective Identify a subject territory that you have a notion you can make a difference to, who your volunteers will be, what you want to find out from them. Design a set of probes that will give rich information returns (no YES/NO web forms! we want probes returned as scrawled bits of paper with ketchup stains) Make several sets of probes. Send out and then collect probes. Abstract the returns and make design proposals for new products and services. Deliverables End result 21st to 25th January 2001 - Interim show of probes, probe returns and design proposals Interim Stages 19th November 2001 Domestic and Cultural Probes uncovered (Bill Gaver) Briefing (Brendan Walker) 22nd November 2001 One on one tutorials Identifying subject territory and coercing volunteers 29th November 2001 Present ideas and proposals How to get the most out of your probes - One on one tutorials 6th December 2001 Heres one I made earlier - Group presentation of sample probe pack 13th December 2001 Locker inspection audit of completed probe packs, ready for sending out. 10th January 2002 Present probe returns with initial ideas. 17th January 2001 Present developed sketch ideas using probes as inspiration 24th January 2001 Crit in interim show. 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