Wednesday, 20 July 2016

Summary of Tim brown video

Tim brown video (Tales of Creativity and Play) summary in 200 words:


  • Adults are embarrassed with sharing ideas
  • Adults have wild ideas, but don't  share them due to colleagues judgment.
  • However kids are not embarassed,glad to share ideas 
  • Playfullness helps an adult to be more creative, productive and comfortable 
  • Kids good at creating variations, experimenting 
  • Think with hands (building play) to create a prototype is more efficient than with words
  • Interaction/services for a design can be role played (imagination involved)
  • Kids learn faster from role playing,adults being experienced know outcome(solution) thus not authentic
  • putting yourself into the design makes you empathize with the consumer
  • roleplay an empathy tool experiences
  • 3 types of play (exploration,building and role play)
  • Play is not anarchy(disorder) but has rules
  • There is a script,code to follow which makes play more productive
  • Rules on how and when to play
  • Designers need to learn to transition in and out of play to get together to form the solution
  • Divergence mode , needs play the most
  • Convergence mode needs seriousness
  • No absolute. An adult can be both playful and serious
  • Needs trust to be playful
  • Needs trust to be creative
  • Kids behavior useful 
  • Exploration (going for quantity)
  • Building (Thinking with your hands
  • Role play(Acting it out/more empathy)

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