Visual thinking workshop — Interaction South America 2015
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Visual thinking workshop — Interaction South America 2015
- 1. Visualthinking Workshop Interaction South America, November 2015 Boon Yew Chew @boonych
- 3. Today,wewantto… Learn basic visual skills Learn to think using visuals Work visually with other people Solve complex problems visually Discover new ways of working
- 4. Let’sagreeto… Keep an open mind Try new things Communicate and think by drawing Share our output with others
- 5. fact There's no such thing as a bad drawing
- 6. Part1 Understanding the basics Part2 Complexity and organisation
- 10. Visualthinking is about making sense of things using visuals
- 13. Imagining (mind) Seeing (eye) Drawing (hand) Experiences in Visual Thinking (Robert H. McKim) Threekindsofvisualimagery
- 14. Doodle Express Sketch Illustrate Observe Understand Reason Ideate Imagine Experiment Test Improvise Record Remember Organise Specify Concept Model Map Facilitate Communicate
- 15. SD orchestrates organisations to deliver better services Services are often complex and multi-layered Visual thinking helps with understanding complexity and scale Aboutservicedesign
- 18. Drawing Basics
- 19. Fineliner or fine-tip pen Shading marker Chisel tip marker Other common tools: Ballpoint pen, Highlighter, Sharpie, Whiteboard marker Basictools Ultra-fine point sharpie, Muji gel ink 0.38 or 0.5 Edding 33 Tombow ABT Muji gel ink 0.5 Tombow ABT brush pen Edding 33 chisel tip
- 20. Whypractice? Practice enables you to... discover new things improve your accuracy develop good habits …be more creative have more fun!
- 21. point line arc angle spiral loop (open) circle leaf triangle rectangle house cloud (closed) DaveGray’sglyphstobuildavisualvocabulary http://www.davegrayinfo.com Drawingobjects
- 23. Example:Drawingpeople Legs and arms are slightly longer than body The head is more than half the size of the body Body Legs Arms & hands Head & neck Eyes & nose
- 24. Example:Drawingfaces Experiment with eyebrows and mouths to get different facial expressions With the head as a circle, use the pointed part of the nose to signal direction
- 25. objectdrawingexercise: Choose a service theme
- 26. Passenger trains Gift marketplace Airports Coffee chain Post offices Retail banking Car sharing Art museums Shopping mall News company Resort hotel Theme park Furniture centre Health clubs Co-working spaces Retirement home Cooking school Child care centre
- 28. objectdrawingexercise: Visualise key items or concepts in your 4Cs
- 31. textisvisual You can do a lot with just text
- 32. Capitals in the same height in a straight line Letters should be close but not touching One character space between words 1.2 character spaces between sentences Then, break and bend the rules once you know what you’re doing Legibilityandreadability
- 34. upper and lower case size and weight shapes and styles Waystovaryyourtext
- 35. Add a title anywhere on the page. This will give your visuals focus and form an implicit structure and flow. titlesmake animpact
- 36. Add a title anywhere on the page. This will give your visuals focus and form an implicit structure and flow. titlesmake animpact
- 39. vertical
- 46. Visualthinking Workshop Part 2: Complexity and Organisation
- 48. part2isabout Using visual thinking to solve complex problems
- 49. Part2:Puttingeverythingtogether Service problem Characters Components Challenges Characteristics Service Solutions+ + Your service poster
- 55. ©DavidMonniaux
- 56. Complexity is hard to predict, has constant change, and requires understanding
- 57. Understanding is at the heart of visual thinking
- 60. VisualSymbols—Pictograms Cheat with nounproject.com or google images
- 63. For thinking through complex problems Comes from Soft Systems Methodology No rules for how you create rich pictures Richpictures
- 65. What problems are worth solving? How are your characters involved? How do the relevant parts work together? What’s the big picture idea? Userichpicturestofigureout… > > > ---
- 67. Bring to life the various parts of the service Show how the characters and elements inter-relate Highlight problem areas you think are worth tackling Useyourposterto… > > > ---
- 68. showandtell What is your service theme? What problems are worth tackling, and why?
- 69. Recap Learn basic visual skills Learn to think using visuals Work visually with other people Solve complex problems visually Discover new ways of working