Step 1 Design challenges: Kill the boring time of waiting class through entertaining activities. Strengthen the connections among classmates out of class. Create a new way for strangers to interact with others. Add playful elements on the blank wall or floor. Step 2 HMW questions: How might we attract students to experience the interactive installation?…

Week 5-6 //Stage: Ideation// Previously, we have presented our initial background research on the topic, user and site research, as well as our problem space and statement (now using “Design Challenge” as an alternative to our design challenges and opportunities).  Gathering from our grounding research, we have generated the following insights: The perceptions of user…

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We did the grounding research about the site we chose. Through the background research, site and user research, we tried to grasp more features and comprehend its contents deeply. There are the summaries of those three aspects. Summary of  background research The background research mainly focuses on the understanding of play and interpersonal touches, which…

After completing a milestone in the project, we felt it would be appropriate to hold a team retrospective activity to gain an understanding of how the team worked over the past iteration and uncover any ways we could improve ourselves. The technique employed for this activity was the 4 L’s: Liked, Learned, Lacked, and Longed…

Achievements (Week 5): Consolidated all the data collected from the survey and interview of site and user research Research for case studies & inspiration after defining the problem space Brainstorming the possible design opportunities and solution Team regroup for analyzing data, extract insights and put together the research report and presentation deck   Next steps:…