Team: Me and Flora Jameson
Methods: Many, but mainly two workshops and an experience prototype
We explored design strategies for fostering feelings and reflections of interconnectedness toward the more-than-human world. With a research-through-design process divided into four steps: Select, Design, Evaluate, and Reflect, two workshops were conducted that resulted in many design ideas that we translated into six key design strategies. The strategies were evaluated and further developed through a prototype in partnership with Ekbacken Studios, a Swedish company that up-cycles fishing nets into designer furniture.
Select
Prestudy at Stockholm Furniture Fair. Interviewing visitors, making observations, and taking photos and notes.
Design
Our design of the two workshops.
Analysis of workshop ideas / ideation on design strategies (a small portion of the total amount of ideas).
Excerpts from the experience prototype where we tested the strategies. Sound also played a big role. During the evaluation step, we tested the prototype with seven participants.
Reflect (result)
Glance-friendly!
The strategies can be combined with other design methods, for example, how-might-we. Example questions could be “how-might-we provide a different perspective that promotes reflection?” or “how-might-we make [something imperceptible] perceptible in a meaningful way?”.