The document discusses the intersection of humor and design. It notes that humor can be a rhetorical approach to design by enabling people to observe themselves critically while acting and promoting maximum consciousness. The key to using humor in design is taking a user-centered approach: determine the desired outcome, consider if humor is appropriate for the audience and situation, focus on the audience not being funny yourself, understand the audience's relationship with humor, and define how success will be measured. User-centered humor design can help shape situations according to people's minds.

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What happens when humor meets design
Ignite PGH / Chelsey Delaney

2. Design is, uh,
(noun/verb/adjective/animal)
...ya know.

3. Everyone designs who
devises courses of action
aimed at changing
existing situations into
preferred ones.
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4. Humor is
(noun/verb/adjective/body part)

5. !!~~*hUmOR is
LOLing*~~!!

6. ...something unexpected,
the truth of which is
recognized.
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8. ...should enable people to be
observers of themselves while
acting. [Humor’s] ultimate goal
is not passiveness but
maximum consciousness.
One would ‘transcend’ the
self...
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9. $!~*~~LOL tho, right?~~*~!$

10. Actually, not
really. LOL.

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16. $!~*~~ dEsIgN sHoUlD
gIvE hUmOr MoRe cReDiT
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18. 1. Determine desired outcome.
2. Determine if humor is appropriate.
3. It’s not about you (being funny).
4. Consider the audience’s relationship
with humor.
5. How is success of the design
measured?
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19. User-centered humor design
makes situations out of minds.

20. !
My humor + design research blog:
www.feministgangsta.com
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