Kōkiri Learn

Week 1 of 4

Understand a real person's need

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Session 1 · DESIGN: Discover

Meet your user

  1. 10 minHook: a badly designed everyday object. Who was it designed for?
  2. 25 minInterview your user (a younger student, whānau member or teacher). Ask about the problem, not the solution.
  3. 15 minWrite needs as 'needs to…' statements, not solutions.

Session 2 · DESIGN: Explore

What already exists?

  1. 15 minLook at existing solutions: what works, what doesn't, for whom?
  2. 25 minWrite a brief: user, need, three constraints (materials, time, size).
  3. 10 minSketch three quick possible approaches.

Getting started

Use the interview question card.

Stretch

Interview a second user and compare their needs.

Checkpoint

A brief with a real user, a need and constraints.

Activities for this week