How might we build to understand where our ideas go, gain experiential research insights, and test assumptions?
This workshop teaches participants how to understand where their ideas go, gain experiential research insights, and test assumptions through creating prototypes. Ideal for both new and established collaborations and teams, this workshop guides participants through the process of using creative thinking by making and exercises in team building. Participants will work together to complete low-fidelity prototyping exercises in rapid sketching and roleplaying.
This workshop is especially valuable for design, communications, and entrepreneurship students, as well as Business courses, engineering teams, and innovation-focused programs. Classes or groups working on collaborative projects, problem-solving, or idea development鈥攕uch as capstone teams, student startups, and interdisciplinary cohorts鈥攚ould benefit from hands-on prototyping and team-based experimentation.
In this session, we will be covering the following topics/strategies:
- What prototyping is and why it鈥檚 useful
- Different types of prototyping and why we build
- Practical tips for effective prototyping
- A hands-on exercise applying design thinking to tackle group collaboration challenges