Design research is about spending time with real people and using their experiences as the center of influence for our designs—rather than shaping them based on technical and market trends.
In this video on design strategy and research, Modernist COO Jon Kolko—expert designer, strategist, educator, author, and founder of Austin Center for Design—shares the details of how to conduct design research, including looking for anomalies instead of commonalities, shifting power dynamics to the user, getting buy-in from skeptics, and techniques that quickly build rapport with research participants.
Watch the video below.
If you haven’t seen them, be sure to watch the first two videos in this series, an Introduction to Design Strategy and What is Design Research?
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