Ideation apprehension
As part of my MA in User Experience Design, I was introduced to different ideation and prototyping techniques.
This blog post was originally published in 2022 as part of a reflective journal I wrote.
This week, as part of my MA in User Experience Design, I participated in my first ever rapid ideation session.
In the lead up to the session, I felt excited… yet apprehensive.
My feelings of apprehension were partly because I had been thinking I should already know about or have some experience of rapid ideation. I wanted to reflect on this feeling.
Why do I feel this way?
I think the answer to that question is twofold. As someone who is experienced in my current discipline:
I have become used to being an expert, knowing exactly what I’m doing and why
I feel slightly frustrated/embarrassed that this is something I haven’t already done
I need to switch my thinking here. Instead of thinking about rapid ideation as something I should know, it’s actually a good thing that I don’t know.
One of the reasons I applied to study a Masters in User Experience Design was because I realised there were gaps in my skills and knowledge. Now I am just confirming that the gaps I had identified were there and that I’ve made the right decision in addressing them. A little bit of opposite thinking for my own thoughts maybe. Anyway, back to this week’s session…
Preparation
As I hadn’t participated in a rapid ideation session before, I wasn’t quite sure how to prepare. This added to my apprehension a little but after reading all of the related content my lecturers had provided and speaking to other students, I realised I had prepared as well as I could. If I got it wrong, I can at least reflect and improve because I’m here to learn.
Drum roll please
Over the next two weeks, I need to create a prototype of an artefact, based on a theme revealed during the ideation session webinar. Oooooooooh! Exciting, right?
Well, I was excited.
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adriann (2013) drumroll. Freesound. Available at: https://freesound.org/people/adriann/sounds/191718/. (Accessed 18 February 2022)
Cardouat, M. and Roubira, J-L. (2008) [Playing card] Dixit. Libellud.
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