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Eight Eyes & The Art of Seeing
The document discusses the importance of observation and outlines various aspects to observe like rituals, associations, cultural markers, personal preferences, and constraints. It emphasizes that true understanding comes from asking "why" multiple times to uncover deeper insights. Several examples are provided like covering the mouth while talking or using bread ties to label cords. The document encourages capturing observations with descriptions, photos or videos and noting the insights derived. It aims to teach the "art of seeing" beyond just passive looking.
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Eight Eyes & The Art of Seeing
- 1. Why is it important toObserve?
- 3. Is Observing thesame as Seeing?
- 4. So what shouldyou look for?
- 5. Eight Eyes &the Art of Seeing
- 6. #1.Rituals/Habits Something that youdo in day to day life on a recurring basis, may or may not be for a specific reason, may or may not be done consciously.
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- 9. #2. Associations Do yourelate an object/thought/emotion/memory/person with another object/thought/emotion/memory/person? Vampire Dog Crayons Save Computer
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- 11. #3. Cultural Markers Signsthat reflect the cultural or societal norms, thought or practice of a person/group/place/age.
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- 14. #3. Personal/Usage Markers Signsthat reflect your personality, preferences, usage etc.
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- 16. #5. Delight Factors Whatmakes you happy? What makes you as excited as a child? What makes you fall in love with a product?
- 17. #6. Pain Points Whatmakes you cry? What makes you tear out your hair in frustration? What makes you wish for something else?
- 18. #7. Workarounds The paththat a person resorts to, either to circumvent a problem or to optimize & make the best of a given situation.
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- 20. #8. Constraints Constraints canbe environmental, situational, personal, social, technological or financial. $ 30,000 $ 300
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- 22. Observation Understanding What is an Insight?
- 23. Observation Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Insight
- 24. Ritual: Covering themouth and phone while talking . WHY? What’s the insight?
- 25. Putting Observations Together: What’sthe insight? +
- 26. Putting Observations Together: What’sthe insight? +
- 27. Eight Eyes #1. Rituals/Habits #2.Associations #3. Cultural Markers #4. Personal/Usage Markers #5. Delight Factors #6. Pain Points #7. Workarounds #8. Constraints
- 28. Observation# Tag: Photo/Video/Sketch Description of Observation The ‘Why’ behind the observation/The Insight
- 29. Image & VideoReference: Slide #1: http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2012/mar/110312-opinion-Look-Please.htm Slide #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4 Slide #4: http://www.mid-day.com/columnists/2012/oct/281012-Observers-and-Observation.htm Slide #6: http://curiousrituals.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/curiousrituals-book.pdf http://curiousrituals.wordpress.com/2012/09/ Slide #7: http://www.ideo.com/by-ideo/thoughtless-acts Slide #8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL9KJwUWouk Slide #10: http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/12-amusing-examples-of-car-icons-being-misinterpreted Slide #11: http://www.randomspecific.com/horn-please http://reach4sachin.blogspot.in/2012/02/in-same-frame.html Slide #12: http://collisioncenternorthscottsdale.com/body-shop/do-you-eat-while-driving-in-north-phoenix-or-scottsdale/ http://www.ecns.cn/2012/10-01/29165.shtml http://www.123rf.com/photo_2488740_child-s-drawing-of-her-happy-family.html Slide #14: http://fuckyeahpursecontents.tumblr.com/ Slide #15: http://www.123rf.com/photo_12528308_used-broun-leather-belt.html/ Slide #16: http://cutcaster.com/vector/901946164-Social-networks-gadgets-icons-speech-bubble/ Slide #17: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm46S_fkcuE&feature=related Slide #18: http://www.projectsjugaad.com/2011/02/jugaad-is-a-magical-word/ http://www.facebook.com/abeytubhiengineerhai Slide #19: http://www.mrsjanuary.com/organization/organizing-tip-use-bread-ties-to-label-cords/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/neat-hack-binder-clip-cable-keepers/ http://www.dcube.in/wijo-the-wire-jockey-senior.html Slide #20: http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/the_embrace_infant_warmer__17845.asp Slide #22: http://www.englishwithjo.com/english-idiom-of-the-day-tip-of-the-iceberg/
- 30. Neelam Shetye User Researcher@SAP Labs, Bangalore [email protected] 2nd November 2012
Editor's Notes
- #3 A very interesting take on why it is important to observe and do design research
- #4 It is easy to miss something that you are not looking for.
- #7 Thumb texting, Covering the mouth and phone while talking (Baboon’s face), Digital Juggling are all gestural habits and rituals that we have developed with the rise of cellphones. Curious Rituals has done some interesting research on digital gestures and then imagined the evolution of these in a ‘design fiction’ video.
- #8 Thoughtless Acts – how people sub-consciously form habits and rituals.
- #9 A small clip from the amazing film ‘The social life of small urban spaces’ by William H Whyte, about the ritual of moving chairs around.
- #10 Given these five words, write down or say the first word that comes to your mind.
- #11 It is interesting how we make associations with visuals. A youngster now does not know what the floppy is, but associates it with ‘Save’.
- #12 The truck graphics and idol on dashboard are two very overt example of cultural markers seen on the street.
- #13 What do these visuals say about the culture of our times?
- #14 An interesting contrast between two navigation solutions – one for the US (by absolute directions) and the other for India (by landmarks).
- #15 The contents of the purse/bag of a person usually throws up interesting personal markers.
- #16 What does the belt tell you about its user? What does the keyboard tell you about its user? Wear patterns reveal a lot about the usage.
- #17 A reflection exercise - When was the last time a product made you go ‘Wow’? What about it made you go ‘wow’? Can we observe and identify such delight factors for other people?
- #18 Not really frustrating, but an endearing video of an elderly couple trying to figure out how the computer camera works.
- #19 In India, workarounds or instances of ‘jugaad’ are very easily found in various situations.
- #20 People used workarounds like bread-ties and binder-clips to manage the handling and identification of multiple cords. The visual at the bottom is that of Wi-jo (or Wire Jockey), which is a product created for this need.
- #21 The Embrace Baby Warmer was made keeping in view multiple constraints – financial (affordability), environmental (lack of good healthcare facilities nearby, lack of constant supply of electricity) and social (not having the necessary education or awareness about healthcare or related decision making)
- #22 Two photos of health camps conducted in rural areas. They are either conducted in primary schools or in somebody’s home. What possible constraints can you think of if you have to build a mobile/computer based app for these camps?
- #23 Making the leap from observation to understanding. Observation only shows you the tell-tale signs. But when you know the ‘why’ behind it, that understanding leads you to an insight. The insight can be an unspoken need (workarounds and pain points usually lead to unspoken needs), an opportunity, an understanding of mental models (how people think and behave) etc.
- #24 The 5-Why’s is a good way to make the leap from observation to insight.
- #26 Sometimes observations have to be put together to uncover an insight. What’s the insight here?
- #27 What’s the insight here? 2 cultural markers indicative of our times are put together.