CCT+333+Lab+7


 * CCT333 Tutorial 7 Wiki Questions: **
 * Describe how he defines 'design as a collaborative process', and cite two examples of how creators involve the people they want to create for in their work, according to Bill Moggridge's lecture. (1 paragraph each/3 paragraphs) **

Bill Moggridge defines design as a collective process as a method of designing by working in a team rather than individually. By having many different skill sets from different people, they are ultimately able to produce a better design than an individual can. They can then produce an efficient and creative solution to how the design allows human interaction.

One example cited in Bill Moggridge’s lecture is in the case of the American Red Cross. In order to promote people to continue giving blood, they created a wall where people can write down and post why they gave blood. This approach made it much more comfortable for new donors to donate blood and allows for human interaction during the process.

Another example cited in Bill Moggridge’s lecture is in the case of the cubicle design for “Gilbert”, a character in a satirical office humor comic strip created by Scott Adams. Scott Adams was chosen to critique due to the famous criticisms he has on the office space. In the end teams of designers created their own ideas on how to make the office space more personal. In the final prototype all the ideas were woven together and created an office space with smaller cubicles within it to provide personal customization for the employee.


 * Find an online example of a product which utilizes his principles of collaborative design which it involves people in it design. Cite its URL, and describe its design process in two paragraphs, and how it involved its user(s) in a a paragraph. (3 paragraphs) **

A great example of an online product that uses the principles of collaborative design is reddit.com. This is a site that creates a user-generated news feed of everything that is going on in world through the means of the internet.

It is a community platform that allows you to submit links to interesting videos, pictures, articles or websites that are current and of use to the community. Each link is then separated into categories such as videos, funny, world news and more. It is then “upvoted” by other users to filter out the best from the worst. This reduces spam and allows only quality information to make it to the top of the list.

Collaboration occurs throughout this site as users are then rewarded for their participation with “karma” points that they receive from other users for good comments and good posted links that benefit the community. Karma of course is not redeemable, but makes you feel good.

www.reddit.com