A quick description of the Design Studio methodology and why you'd use it. Details on how I implement the details. This was a 10 minute talk at UX Australia 2012.

1. Design Studio Methodology
A quick why and how
@danielnaumann

2. What?
• An iterative method of solving a problem
using group review
Vision Requirements Detailed design
Project lifespan
Feature lists Screen flows

3. Overview
Generate Present Refine Generate Pres

4. Why?
• Fast
• Flexible
• Idea cross-pollination without “group think”
• Diverse backgrounds
• Team and client buy-in

5. First you’ll need…
• Mixture of people (2-6)
• Get everyone on the same page
• Present goals, user research, competitor
reviews, etc.
• Lots of Sharpies and paper templates

6. Round 1: Generate
5 min

8. Round 1: Present & Refine
3min

9. Round 2: Repeat
5 min

11. A start, not end
• Now you can
• Repeat
• Refine
• Pull out requirements
• Create functional story cards
• Prototype
• Code
• User test

12. References
• Todd ZakiWarfel
• Prototyping : A Practicioner’s Guide
(Rosenfield Media, 2009)
• 30min recording -
http://aarronwalter.com/2012/05/22/todd-
zaki-warfel-on-design-studio-methodology/
• Will Evans
• http://uxmag.com/articles/introduction-to-
design-studio-methodology

13. Shameless plug
Brisbane UXers:
4impact would like to meet you
http://4impact.com.au/
dnaumann@4impact.com.au