Vizualization

Selection

I have been using Visualization within a co-creation project which aim was to « imagine the beauty of tomorrow’s  nails ». It was a necessary tool as it was a team project and as we were working in a very short period of time (24h)  to create an innovation toward this subject and develop the pitch to present it. The team needed to go fast, to have  a common understanding of where we were going and of the proposition made by each member. It was like getting  inside one’s head and getting aligned straight after visualizing the thought.

Application

Most of the time we were using drawing and sketching but we also used images from magazines to enrich and fasten  the use of the tool. For example we have designed a mobile phone application to choose a customized service in  which the customer were able to choose the service he wanted to receive, the colors of the nails he wanted to have  etc. In order to do this we have drawn the several steps of the application’s interface. We got surprised to see that  we all orally agreed on what we were going to do, but sketching the application, we found that in fact there were  several points of view. We enriched our initial idea and made some choices but it was a great tool to share common  view and go deeper in the understanding of what we were imagining.

Insight

By vizualizing our prototype (after long talk) we found that a lot of steps and services were missing in the designed  solution. For example we didn’t have any way to geolocalize where the services was offered, so the customer  wouldn’t know where to go to receive it. That is why we have added a geolocalization page with the position of the  customer and the position of the nearest shops. At the end we also made an analogy with Uber services by adding  the possibility to give a grade to the service provider.

I think visualization can be strongly linked with prototyping (maybe its lower form), it allows to think with our hand  or our eyes, to represent things in a very concrete way. By doing so we can save a lot of time in the understanding  on a common solution when sharing or co-building with others. It is also a strong tool to learn by doing. I would  say that it is a catalyst of the strength of cooperation and a powerful learning tool.

Approach    As visualization need to speak our mind and as we need to free our mind to be creative, I would use bigger spaces.  At one point our withe paper board began to be full, but we were willing to keep it to push forward our thinking. It  was not possible has our working space (the room and the sheet of paper) were not permitting expansion. We were  properly fencing ourselves, which didn’t allow a full use of the visualization.


Vizualization Selection I have been using Visualization within a co - creation project which aim was to « imagine the beauty of tomorrow ’s nails » . It was a necessary tool as it was a team project and as we were working in a very short period of time ( 24h ) to create an innovation toward this subject and develop the pitch to present it . The team needed to go fast , to have a common understanding of where we were going and of the proposition made by each member . It was like getting inside one ’s head and getting aligned straight after visualizing the thought . Application Most of the time we were using drawing and sketching but we also used images from magazines to enrich and fasten the use of the tool . For example we have designed a mobile phone application to choose a customized service in which the customer were able to choose the service he wanted to receive , the colors of the nails he wanted to have etc . In order to do this we have drawn the several steps of the application ’s interface . We got surprised to see that we all orally agreed on what we were going to do , but sketching the application , we found that in fact there were several points of view . We enriched our initial idea and made some choices but it was a great tool to share common view and go deeper in the understanding of what we were imagining . Insight By vizualizing our prototype ( after long talk ) we found that a lot of steps and services were missing in the designed solution . For example we did n’t have any way to geolocalize where the services was offered , so the customer would n’t know where to go to receive it . That is why we have added a geolocalization page with the position of the customer and the position of the nearest shops . At the end we also made an analogy with Uber services by adding the possibility to give a grade to the service provider . I think visualization can be strongly linked with prototyping ( maybe its lower form ) , it allows to think with our hand or our eyes , to represent things in a very concrete way . By doing so we can save a lot of time in the understanding on a common solution when sharing or co - building with others . It is also a strong tool to learn by doing . I would say that it is a catalyst of the strength of cooperation and a powerful learning tool . Approach As visualization need to speak our mind and as we need to free our mind to be creative , I would use bigger spaces . At one point our withe paper board began to be full , but we were willing to keep it to push forward our thinking . It was not possible has our working space ( the room and the sheet of paper ) were not permitting expansion . We were properly fencing ourselves , which did n’t allow a full use of the visualization .