054 | Flexible Modeling |
Product or interface configurations generated by users from a component kit of parts
- In industrial design, Velcro modeling presents physical product forms and features sets such as buttons and controls covered in fabric and fasteners for quick configurations.
- In interaction design, interface elements may be presented on paper, card, or in digital form for the users to arrange in a way that makes sense to them.
- For environmental design and space planning, scale model parts or paper templates can be arranged.
- Ambiguous elements may be configured to represent either realistic or ideal “fantasy” artifacts for participants to overlay their own expressions, needs, and desires.
- For analysis, configured artifacts can be sorted by similar characteristics, common user choices, or themes.
- Resulting models can be visually translated into refined designs, using the information provided by participants as guiding inspiration for the designer.
See alsoCreative Toolkits • Generative Research • Participatory Design
Flexible modeling presents the participant with a kit of ambiguous parts, in this case components of a backpack, to be configured into preferred arrangements.
Courtesy of Luke Hagan
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