Collaborative Design Project-course on: ‘Design for a Post-Corona Scenario’
- Designing for Who, What, Where, When, How and Why?

Design Process to be followed: Co-operative/Collaborative
1 Need Finding, Understanding and Research
. Analysis
2 Ideation and initial concepts
3 Final Concepts – Visualisation Participative/Iterative
4 Concept prototyping
. User Feedback
5 Final Scenario Presentation
6 Conceptualise Product and Technology Development
7 Build Business Plan

Re/statement of Design Problem:
Ask Questions and write answers on:
. Why (Why is it being designed)
. What (What is being designed)
. How (What is the process for design)
. whom (for whom is it being designed)
. where (what is the context/place/media for design)
. when (How long will you take to design)

Select your user group, and if essential their environment:
. Toddler (upto age 5 years)
. Kids (age 5 – 8 years)
. Children(age 8-12 years)
. Adults
. Young Professionals
. elderly
. Others, etc.
. For Boys or Girls
. Physically marginalized
. Persons with disability
. others, etc.

Design considerations:
. Design for Play?
. Design for socializing/sharing?
. Design for Learning?
.Design to create interest/spirit of enquiry?
. Design for interaction/experience?
. Design for Engagement?


Collaborative Design Methodology for a 5 week programme (rough guideline):

Week One: Research and understanding the Problem
- Re-statement of Design Problem (Why, how, whom, where, when)
- Worldview Mappings (Brainstorming, Card Sorting, Affinities) and Forming Working Groups
- Understanding Problem – Secondary Research + Design/Media/Technology Search + Existing Product Timeline – (SWOT Analysis)
- Understanding User Needs – Primary Research (Contextual Inquiry)
End of Week One: 1st Stage – Problem Research Presentation

Week Two: Analysis of the Problem
- User needs Understanding Research Analysis (Observations, Inferences/Insights and Design Recommendations/Opportunities)
- Redefining of Objectives and Concept Maps
End of Week Two: 2nd Stage – Problem Analysis Presentation

Week Three/Four: Ideation, Concepts and Final Concept
- Brainstorming + Group Ideation + Fast Visualisations
- Further Ideation, Visualisations and Soft Prototyping
- Alternate Concepts and User Feedback
- Final Concept + Concept Scenarios/walkthroughs
End of Week Three: 3rd Stage – Concept Presentation

Week Four: Soft Prototyping to Final Prototyping and Feedback Studies
- 2D/3D design Sketches + Physical Prototyping + Visualisation + Virtual 3D Models
- Interface/Communication/Product/Media Design + Experience design
- Interface/Communication/Media Design Detailing + Interface/Communication Simulation
- Final Prototyping
End of Week Four: 4th Stage – Prototyping Presentation

Week Five: Final Prototyping, Feedback Studies and Pitch Presentation
- Final Prototyping + Detailing
- Feedback Studies
- Pitch Presentation
End of Week Five: 5th Stage Final Pitch Presentation
. A pitch presentation (15 minutes) explaining the Project outcome along with Process + the business model for your enterprise
. A project Abstract (about 150 words) and project report (30 -50 pages)
. 3-4 high resolution images of the final design solution
. Concept prototype and a Demo of the project
. User Feedback

Final Output (further details will be posted later):
. A pitch presentation (15 minutes) explaining the Project outcome along with Process + the business model for your enterprise
. A project Abstract (about 150 words)and project report (25 -50 pages)
. 3-4 high resolution images of the final design solution
. Concept prototype and a Demo of the project
. User Feedback

Presentation Essentials:
a. Present in an engaging and crisp manner
b. Design the slides/visuals to reflect the relevance of your topic
c. Use your communication design skills to make the presentation visual
d. Design proper layout; use appropriate type, colour and background
e. Its nicer if all the team members take turns in presenting
f. It makes sense to have main titles, subtitles and then running text/images
g. Have a summary/content slide in the beginning
h. Make good use of appropriate medias in the presentation
i. Use appropriately theatre, drama, story, scenarios, video, etc. to convey your ideas
(Preparing a script is a good idea – reading text from the slide should be avoided)