research methods and theory

Snowbird Video Ethnography -- Artefact

Martin Polley on October 25th, 2009

Here’s a nice, straightforward example of using video for ethnographic research. (See the Artefact blog for details of the project of which this video is a part.)

See Adam Little’s Johnny Holland article, “Communicating UX Through Video: 4. Probing & Research” for more examples of using video as a tool for research, inspiration, and cultural probing.

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Mojave Experiment -- Microsoft

Martin Polley on October 18th, 2009

OK, it’s a viral marketing video, but it also happens to be a nice example of the use of video in user research.

See Adam Little’s Johnny Holland article, “Communicating UX Through Video: 4. Probing & Research” for more examples of using video as a tool for research, inspiration, and cultural probing.

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Domestic Gubbins -- Anab Jain and Alex Taylor, Microsoft Research

Martin Polley on October 11th, 2009

“The Domestic Gubbins are a series of four fictional objects, designed as video probes, in order to enter in conversations with people around their everyday ideas of intelligence.” It is a project by Anab Jain and Alex Taylor of Microsoft Research, Cambridge. Despite the fact that none of the objects from this project were functional, the video prototypes allowed the team to have meaningful conversations with people about such hypothetical products.

See Adam Little’s Johnny Holland article, “Communicating UX Through Video: 4. Probing & Research” for more examples of using video as a tool for research, inspiration, and cultural probing.

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Yellow Chair Stories -- Anab Jain

Martin Polley on September 30th, 2009

Yellow Chair Stories is a project by Anab Jain of the Royal College of Art’s Design Interactions MA program. The result of the project is an interesting and fun study on community, public spaces, and network technology which became material for her to design future scenarios involving wi-fi.

See Adam Little’s Johnny Holland article, “Communicating UX Through Video: 4. Probing & Research” for more examples of using video as a tool for research, inspiration, and cultural probing.

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