Week+8

WEEK 8 - BODYSTORMING, DESIGN FOR AGING DEBRIEF
 * 1. What did you learn from the process? **

Bodystorming as prototyping enables us to contextualize the problem by creating an environment in which it could actually exist. It created an empathetic nature in addition to providing a 'state of mind' that better helped with problem solving in this moment or instance.


 * 2. What surprised you about going through the process? **

What surprised me was the physicality of interaction and participation through bodystorming testing and prototyping. It gave me an empathetic experience when dealing with the issue while in the shoes of someone different than me.


 * 3. What did you learn from doing this that you couldn't have learned any other way? **

Through bodystorming, I learned how to provide a specific environment and context to solve a particular issue or problem. It was a very physical type of prototyping that utilized not only problem solving in your mind, but also your whole body.


 * 4. How can you see applying this exercise to other design challenges? Give examples... **

Other design challenges can definitely apply bodystorming as a way to prototype and problem solve any issues regarding interaction. An example of bodystorming to a design challenge would be testing the most efficient and optimal way to create a queue. Designers can become physical place markers and present problems and try to work around their environement.