Recently, Digital Eskimo and the Powerhouse Museum collaborated to create Water Worx. Through this project, Anthony will reveal how co-design built trust and confidence across the project team. He will also present a range of successful formal and informal co-design, prototyping and testing activities from the project.

3. Do what worx: lessons in making the
most of co-design with clients

4. co-design can help shift the clients’ perspective to be closer to that of the user
co-design can equip the client to better understand what you are going through
as a designer
co-design equips the client to better engage with your prototypes
clients are more likely to trust the outcomes of unusual / experimental design
activities if they have participated in them.
co-design empowers clients to be actively involved in the production process

5. An introduction to the Water Worx project

6. An introduction to the Water Worx project

7. An introduction to the Water Worx project

8. Co-design

9. What’s my definition?

10. What’s my definition?

11. Benefits

12. Co-design can help shift the clients’ perspective to be
closer to the users’

13. Nudie co-design puts the client in the users' shoes

14. Co-design can help shift the clients’ perspective to be
closer to the users’
Create exercises that involve your client in the conception of personas so that they will
love them as their own

15. Co-designing equips the client to better understand
what you’re going through in the design process

16. Co-designing equips the client to better understand what you’re going through in the design
process

17. Co-designing equips the client to better understand what you’re going through in the design
process

18. Co-designing a solution equips the client with a way of better understanding the hard decisions in
the design process

19. Co-designing equips the client to better understand
what you’re going through in the design process
Use metaphor to draw people away from the scope of their usual context
Create exercises that require trade off and compromises

20. Co-design equips clients to better engage
with your prototypes

21. Co-design equips clients to better engage with your prototypes

22. Co-design equips clients to better engage with your prototypes

23. Co-design equips clients to better engage with your prototypes

24. Co-design equips clients to better engage with your prototypes

25. Co-design equips clients to better engage
with your prototypes
Create (and learn from) prototypes with your client
Avoid ‘black boxes’ and the ‘big reveal’. Be transparent.

26. Clients are more likely to trust the outcomes of
unusual / experimental design activities if they have
participated in them.

27. Clients are more likely to trust the outcomes of unusual / experimental design activities if they have
participated in them

28. Clients are more likely to trust the outcomes of unusual / experimental design activities if they have
participated in them

29. Clients are more likely to trust the outcomes of unusual / experimental design activities if they have
participated in them.

30. Clients are more likely to trust the outcomes of
unusual / experimental design activities if they have
participated in them.
Build trust in your design process by having your client experience it

31. A quick testing related aside

32. Co design empowers clients to be actively and
effectively involved in the production process

33. Co design empowers clients to be actively involved in the production process

34. http://www.flickr.com/photos/halans/
Co design empowers clients to be actively involved in the production process

35. Co design empowers clients to be actively and
effectively involved in the production process
Give your clients good methods and permission to contribute. Reap the rewards
Give your client the design methods to directly engage with their users

36. co-design can help shift the clients’ perspective to be closer to that of the user
co-design equips the client to better understand what you are going through as
a designer
co-design equips the client to better engage with your prototypes
clients are more likely to trust the outcomes of unusual / experimental design
activities if they have participated in them.
co-design empowers clients to be actively involved in the production process
We’re done.

37. Thanks very much. Questions?
Anthony Ditton
Digital Eskimo
@six_gun
ad@digitaleskimo.net
Respect:
Contributing kids / teachers
The team @ Sydney Water
The team @ Powerhouse Museum
The team @ Bonobo Labs
The team @ Digital Eskimo
We’re done.