The 6-8-5 Method can be used in a number of ways to help with ideation and brainstorming, but also for fine tuning your designs and ideas. This session will focus on generating ideas in the form of rapid sketches around a set of requirements, then validating and fine-tuning them through structured pitching and critiquing. You don't need to be an artist or a designer, and you won’t need a laptop—just bring your favorite pencil and get ready to sketch!
Live with 6-8-5: Rapid Sketching for Better Design - Big Design Conference
1. Live! with 6-8-5
Rapid Sketching for Better Design
Russ Unger | @russu | GE Capital Americas
2. “
I do a bale of sketches,
one eye,
a piece of hair.
A pound of observation,
Then an ounce of painting.
Gardner Cox
Russ Unger | @russu | GE Capital Americas
3. THIS IS A PRESENTATION ABOUT SKETCHING.
Russ Unger | @russu | GE Capital Americas
6. Digital tools make everything easier, right?
WHY BOTHER SKETCHING?
Russ Unger | @russu | GE Capital Americas
7. A Few Reasons:
• Great for Communicating Ideas
• Allows Us to Record What We See & Hear
• Helps Us Work Through Thinking / Ideas
• Helps Us Reflect What We’re Hearing
• Documentation
Source: UIE Brain Sparks Blog: http://www.uie.com/articles/why_sketching/
Russ Unger | @russu | GE Capital Americas
8. A Few Reasons:
• Great for Communicating Ideas
• Allows Us to Record What We See & Hear
• Helps Us Work Through Thinking / Ideas
• Helps Us Reflect What We’re Hearing
• Documentation
Source: UIE Brain Sparks Blog: http://www.uie.com/articles/why_sketching/
Russ Unger | @russu | GE Capital Americas
9. Working Through Ideas
Source: Sketching User Experiences - The Workbook by Bill Buxton
Russ Unger | @russu | GE Capital Americas
10. MVE
Minimum Viable Experience?
• Multiple Lo-Fi Design Concepts
• Iterative Evaluation
• Some User/Customer Insight (ish)
Russ Unger | @russu | GE Capital Americas
27. Rules of Critique*
Courtesy of Bennett King
@skunkwUrX
• Do treat each other with respect – remember your idea is next
• Do encourage and embrace the craziness
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• Do keep on track – time is limited
• Do get new ideas on paper – write, draw, scribble
• Do build on the ideas of others
• Do question the design
• Don’t judge or shoot down ideas based on your preferences
• Don’t talk over each other – everyone has a voice
• Don’t be a jackass!
*applied to real-life engineers - results may vary
Russ Unger | @russu | GE Capital Americas
31. Constraints-Based (6-8-5) Sketching Provides:
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Rapid Ideation
Iterative Design Exploration
Validation Against Requirements
Group/Team Collaboration
Russ Unger | @russu | GE Capital Americas
32. “
I do a bale of sketches,
one eye,
a piece of hair.
A pound of observation,
Then an ounce of painting.
Gardner Cox
Russ Unger | @russu | GE Capital Americas