Sharing my experience in the power of sketching by having quick rapid sketching exercises, the reality of sketching that occurs in the workplace and mini-design project in pairs to show the process involved to aid better sketching of ideas

1. THE POWER OF SKETCHING
Rachel Liu, Senior UX Manager
Email: rachelsliu@gmail.com
Twitter: @rachelsliu

2. EXERCISE
• Recall something about me in a sketch
• Consider key moment/timeline
1 min

3. SIMPLE REALITY: WORDS NOT ENOUGH

4. EXERCISE
• Storyboard something that happened in your
life using shapes only
2 mins

5. HOW MANY
STORYBOARDS
CREATED?
“MAKING A MOVIE IS NEVER A
STRAIGHT LINE” KORI RAE, FILM PRODUCER

6. 100,856
STORYBOARDS
CREATED FOR
MONSTERS
UNIVERSITY

7. THE PIXAR WAY…
• Use of colour palette and shapes

8. CASE STUDY - EF
• Part 1: Insights to High-level concepts

9. BACKGROUND/INSIGHTS

10. BACKGROUND/INSIGHTS

11. IDEATION FRAMEWORK

12. GROUP SKETCHING

13. CONTINOUS ITERATION

14. END-TO-END EXPERIENCE

15. Getting to know
EF
LearningCourse begins,
settling in
First school visit Parent
communications
Achievement
recognition
Engagement
outside of
classroom
Transparency of learning
Beyond classroom
Relevance
Core curriculum with localisation
Cultivating real-world skills
Current content
Personalisation of learning
Comprehensive
assessment
Individualised
learning plan
Modular course design
Buyer assurance
Experience-
before-you-buy
Optimised OPT &
follow-up
Community of
support
Portfolio
Student achievement
dashboard
Self and peer
evaluation
Mobile study tools
Task-focused
learning
Interest-led
colloboration
ENTICE ENTER ENGAGE EXIT EXTEND
END-TO-END EXPERIENCE

16. KEY CONCEPTS

17. CASE STUDY - EF
• Creative Concept for Product Development

18. CREATIVE PROCESS

19. STUDENTS: PARTICIPATORY DESIGN

20. CONCEPT WORKSHOP

21. CREATIVE CONCEPT: THE MISSION
METAPHOR

22. CASE STUDY - EF
• Beyond class learning experience

23. REFINING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
• Ideating on the theme of ‘immersive learning with results’

24. CONNECTING THE DOTS…

25. BEYOND CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE

26. BEYOND CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE

27. DESIGNING ACTIVITY TEMPLATES

28. DESIGNING ACTIVITY TEMPLATES

29. TWO PHRASES OF IDEATION
Create choices Make choices

31. IN REALITY…

32. DESIGN THE IDEAL TRAVEL
ORGANISER

33. SKETCH AN IDEA PER POST-IT
2 mins

34. HOW MANY IDEAS?
• You created your bias
• What problem did it solve?

35. WE ELIMINATE OUR IDEAS TOO EARLY ON

36. IDEATION RULES:
1. Go for QUANTITY
2. Defer JUDGEMENT

37. LET’S TRY A
DIFFERENT APPROACH

38. GET INTO PAIRS,
ASSIGN PAIR A AND PAIR B

39. PAIR A: DESCRIBE BEST TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
PAIR B: SUMMARISE AS A SKETCH 5 mins

40. PAIR B: DESCRIBE WORSE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
PAIR A: SUMMARISE AS A SKETCH 5 mins

41. SWAP INSIGHTS WITH
ANOTHER PAIR
5 mins

42. SKETCH AN IDEA PER POST-IT
• How to eliminate frustrations?
• How to bring in joy?
5 mins

43. IDEATION RULES:
1. Go for QUANTITY
2. Defer JUDGEMENT

44. IN PAIRS, SHARE & RANK TOP IDEAS
• Is it innovative?
• Is it useful?
• Is it intuitive?
• Is it flexible in use?
• Is it equitable in use? 10 mins

45. IN PAIRS, SKETCH IDEAL SCENARIO
• What’s the ideal experience?
• What emotions are you provoking?
• What are the connection of ideas?
10 mins

46. SHOW & TELL
10 mins
• Walkthrough from sketchnote to scenario

47. SKETCHING IS YOUR
SECRET WEAPON!

48. 1. Easiest way to
communicate ideas
2. Fastest way to discover
and test ideas
3. Most effective way to
share and clarify ideas
In the end, it’s about how
you draw that simple
picture
THE POWER OF SKETCHING

49. ADDITIONAL
READING…

50. ANY QUESTIONS?
START SKETCHING TODAY!
Rachel Liu, Senior UX Manager
Email: rachelsliu@gmail.com
Twitter: @rachelsliu