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WORLD IA DAY 2017EAMES EXPLAIN DESIGN
“What the [design]
diagram shows is the
overlap of concerns
among three different
entities. The first
represents the area of
interest to the
designer. The second
represents the areas
of interest to the
client. The third is
the area of interest to
society as a whole.
Charles and Ray’s
point is that it is in
the area where all
three overlap that the
designer can work
with enthusiasm and
conviction . . .](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/wiad17clarifyingmodels-170219012023/85/Making-the-Complex-Clear-50-320.jpg)
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Making the Complex Clear
The document discusses World IA Day 2017, focusing on visual models that aid understanding, such as mind maps, concept maps, and mental models. It provides guidelines on creating these models to clarify and communicate complex ideas effectively. Additionally, it includes quotes and references from various experts about the significance of visual thinking in design and problem-solving.
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Making the Complex Clear
- 1. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE MONTERREY
- 2. 01 WORLD IA DAY2016 01 WORLD IA DAY 2016 CHRISTINA WODTKE @cwodtke
- 3. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE MAKING THE COMPLEX CLEAR THE HOT STUDIO MOTTO
- 4. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE EXPLORE DAVE GRAY'S 15149 PHOTOS ON FLICKR!
- 5. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE 46,604 PHOTOS JOINED 2004
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- 8. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE A SECOND INFORMATION TSUNAMI!
- 9. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE
- 10. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKEDAN ROAM
- 11. WORLD IA DAY2017 MODEL EVERYTHING! Five SIX models for making sense
- 12. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE SCOTT BERNATINO
- 13. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 MAPS, MODELS, CANVASES
- 14. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE “VISUAL MODELS ARE ALL ABOUT MEANING THROUGH SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT” - STEPHEN P ANDERSON
- 15. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 DAVE GRAY ILLUSTRATION MODEL
- 16. WORLD IA DAY2017 MIND MAPS Gather your Thoughts
- 17. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE
- 18. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE I FEEL LIKE DRAWING SLOWS ME DOWN TO GIVE ME THINKING TIME. -ANDREW REID
- 19. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE ANDREW REID, GAME DESIGNER MIND MAPS FOR GAME DESIGN
- 20. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 HEADER OF THIS PAGE From Rolf Faste’s MindMapping article The basic principles of mind mapping are: 1 Create a Center Statement. 2 Develop ideas radially outward. 3 Capture ideas quickly. 4 Use lines to show connections. 5 Create train-of-thought structures. 6 Follow an idea as far as it will go. 7 Work from the known to the unknown. 8 Return to the center when ideas are exhausted. 9 Increase density to create richness. 10 Avoid being judgmental. 11 Have fun with the form.
- 21. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE FROM MINDTOOLS.COM
- 22. WORLD IA DAY2017 CONCEPT MAPS Clarify Your Understanding
- 23. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 HEADER OF THIS PAGE From Hugh Dubberly’s Creating Concept Maps List terms Edit the list Define the remaining terms Create a matrix showing the relations of terms Rank the terms Decide on main branches or write framing sentences Fill in the rest of the structure Revise Apply typography to reinforce structure Revise DIAGRAM BY DAN BROWN
- 24. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE HTTP://ARCHITECTURE.31BIO.ORG/INFORMATION-ARCHITECTURE- CONCEPT-MODEL/
- 25. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE DUBBERLY DESIGN OFFICE
- 26. WORLD IA DAY2017 SYSTEM MODELS Map the System
- 27. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE MICROWAVE SYSTEM MODEL HTTP://SCE.UHCL.EDU/WHITETA/SDP/CREATESYSTEMMODEL.H TML
- 28. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE BBC WEATHER SITEMAP HTTP://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/BLOGS/BBCINTER NET/2011/11/BBC_WEATHER_DESIGN_REFRESH.HTM L
- 29. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE FROM STONE LIBRANDE’S ONE PAGE DESIGNS
- 30. WORLD IA DAY2017 MENTAL MODELS Understand the Customer’s Point of View
- 31. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS HTTP://GUIDE.CRED.COLUMBIA.EDU/GUIDE/SEC1. HTML A mental model represents a person’s thought process for how something works (i.e., A person’s understanding of the surrounding world). Mental models, which are based on often-incomplete facts, past experiences, and even intuitive perceptions, help shape actions and behavior, influence what people pay attention to in complicated situations, and define how people approach and solve problems.
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- 34. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE Mental Model, organized by task Company OR Competitor Offerings
- 35. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE Cat Mental Model, organized by task
- 36. WORLD IA DAY2017 CONCEPT MODELS Visual Explanations
- 37. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 SUNNI BROWN DOODLE REVOLUTION
- 38. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE ELEMENTS & RELATIONSHIPS (Systems, a la Brown)
- 39. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKEDAVE GREY
- 40. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE CHRIS CRAWFORD EXPLAINS DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLAY HTTP://WWW.SCOTTKIM.COM.PREVIEWC40.CARRIERZONE.COM/THINKINGGAMES/WHATISAPUZZLE/INDEX.HTML HTTP://WWW.ERASMATAZZ.COM/LIBRARY/THE-JOURNAL-OF-COMPUTER/JCGD-VOLUME-4/MY-DEFINITION-OF- GAME.HTML
- 41. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKEDON NORMAN, DRAWN BY ME.
- 42. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE
- 43. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKEDAN ROAM
- 44. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE DRAWN BY ME, @CWODTKE
- 45. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE PROCESSES
- 46. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE TODAY TEAM EXPLAINS THEIR OFFERING
- 47. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE BARTNET DOESN’T EXPLAIN THEIR OFFERING- ALWAYS TEST CONCEPT MODELS
- 48. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE INNOENERGY OFFERING ELEMENTS
- 49. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKEINNOENERGY PROCESS
- 50. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017EAMES EXPLAIN DESIGN “What the [design] diagram shows is the overlap of concerns among three different entities. The first represents the area of interest to the designer. The second represents the areas of interest to the client. The third is the area of interest to society as a whole. Charles and Ray’s point is that it is in the area where all three overlap that the designer can work with enthusiasm and conviction . . .
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- 53. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKEANDREW REID
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- 56. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE
- 57. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE HOW TO POACH AN EGG, BY @CWODTKE
- 58. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE COMPARISONS
- 59. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE
- 60. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE DIFFERENT SERVICES SUCK IN THEIR OWN SPECIAL WAY. HTTPS://MEDIUM.COM/@ CWODTKE/A-THEORY- OF-FORM-FOR-DIGITAL- PRODUCTS- F5F605ADAE84#.51IE4D1 VQ
- 61. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE UNCOVERING THE SECRETS OF MAMMOTH ISLAND
- 62. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE UNDERSTANDING COMICS SCOTT MCCLOUD
- 63. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 2x2’s are ALL about comparisons!
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- 65. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE
- 66. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE DRAWING IDEAS
- 67. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE CONCEPT MODELS FOR WORK
- 68. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 FOR THINKING Kitten Farming concept by Daniel Cook, CCO of Spryfox
- 69. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE ROBIN HUNICKE
- 70. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 FOR COMMUNICATING Conceptual Blueprint by Andrew Hinton of The Understanding Group
- 71. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE STONE LIBRANDE
- 72. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE STONE LIBRANDE
- 73. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE HOW FANCY SHOULD THEY BE?
- 74. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKESTEPHEN P ANDERSON
- 75. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE BILL VERPLANK
- 76. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 A simple model you can draw on a whiteboard becomes a meme. Is this why Lean Startup is huge?
- 77. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 Determine the GOAL: how will the model be used, by whom? What is the job of the model? To change minds, explain a concept, simplify complexity? INVENTORY THE CONCEPTS: brainstorm many parts of your concept. Keep adding more in the margins as you go. INSPECT THE CONCEPTS: are there many concepts hiding in one? Do you really understand each idea? Determine the RELATIONSHIPS: how do the concepts interact? Decision point: do i understand the ideas and what i’m trying to communicate? Test: ask yourself if the model “feels” right. If yes, then continue. ITERATE with words and pictures: talk to yourself and draw it out! EVALUATE with yourself/the client: keep making sure the drawings match the ideas you wish to communicate. Don’t punk out early! Rest if you need to! Decision point: does my audience understand the ideas and what i’m trying to communicate? Test: can my audience answer key questions with the model? If yes, then continue. REFINE: use color, type, line weight, and labels to make sure you are communicating clearly.
- 78. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017DAVE GRAY WHAT SHOULD I DRAW? Consider the elements
- 79. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 DAVE GRAY | HTTP://WWW.XPLANER.COM/VISUAL-THINKING- SCHOOL/ WHAT SHOULD I DRAW? Consider the purpose
- 80. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE PARTICIPATORY CONCEPT MAPS?!?
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- 83. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKEDAVE GRAY
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- 85. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 MIND MAPS, to gather your thoughts CONCEPT MAPS, to organize your understanding SYSTEM MAPS, to map the system (a tautology, but an accurate one) MENTAL MODELS, to understand and communicate your user’s understanding CONCEPT MODELS, to message a way to think about a complex system
- 86. WORLD IA DAY2017 @CWODTKE And Canvases!
- 87. 01 WORLD IA DAY2017 Thank you. QUESTIONS? FOR WORKSHOPS & OTHER INQUIRES: CHRISTINA WODTKE @CWODTKE CWODTKE.COM AMELIE WODTKE SARRAZIN
Editor's Notes
- #20 (1: "Water Pollution" Mindmap) I was/am making a game on the topic of water pollution and environmental health. Knowing literally nothing about the topic beforehand, I mindmapped my research as I went along. Mainly this was to gauge, roughly, areas of interest within the subject domain in the one space. I find mindmapping on paper easier than digital, because I'm usually too worried about placement, composition, scale, etc. of the text, whereas on paper it's so rough and drafted that I'm content with just drawing. Because it's also on paper and not in a digital format, I didn't feel I was committing to specific topics to cover yet: it gives me breathing space to digest the information. (3: "Engagement" Mindmap) Similar to the mindmap in (1), I was looking at the topic of Engagement, and what exactly I wanted my game to "engage" people with. If anything, by making a mindmap such as this, it helped me to comprehend the challenge of defining "engagement" for my specific needs. Had I ploughed through research and started writing, I probably would have found myself hitting brick walls very quickly. With the mindmap, I was able to connect certain terms and show where topics were connected, while realising the uphill battle with defining and implementing "engagement" effectively for my research.
- #72 Act 1 Overview After the DHack prototype I kept using the same style as the game grew. I would make these diagrams and take them to meetings so we could get a good overview of the how the game was shaping up.