7/17/2019 Design Thinking

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being a good observer- of people and objects and the way they interactpossible representations and perspectives(focus and ignore)sochoAffordance- relationship/interaction between an object and a personAffordances provide opportunity for possible actions, Anti-affordances prevent otherwise possible actionsSignifier-communication devices, like clues eg what to do, when to do etcMissing or secret signifierinvisible affordanceimprove false or confusing signifier

conceptual model of how it workshighly simplified explaination of how something works

discoverability-gulf of executiongulf of evaluation;feedback-to show an effect of an action;without feedback oneis alsways wondering whether anything has happenedconstraints-to make something easy to use, make it impossible to use otherwise.

keep the why/purpose in mind empathise with people u r designing foruser-centered

keep it simple