Memory-storming: externalizing and sharing designers' personal experiences

  • Authors:
  • Xiao Zhang;Ron Wakkary;Leah Maestri;Audrey Desjardins

  • Affiliations:
  • Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada;Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada;Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada;Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe memory-storming, a design technique that combines oral storytelling with sketching to externalize designers' personal experiences. The proposition behind developing this method is that designers' personal experiences are a potential design resource that can trigger new design insights and ideas. This paper provides a description of our use of this method, shows how it helped us in our design research, and presents lessons learned. We claim that memory-storming is a design technique that focuses on designers' personal experiences yet complements the user focus of user-centered design.