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Let‘s Talk about Inspiration
UXcamp 2014
Why am I doing this?
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!?
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Interviews
Sabrina Aderkast – Design Student / Artist
Markus Günther – Author (Xorafedi)
John Janus – Java Developer
Nadine Mischke - Marketing
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What is inspiration?
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„The process of being mentally stimulatedto do or feel something, especially to do something creative.” - Oxford Dictionary
Image: Alan Miller: Philosophy and Inspiration https://www.flickr.com/photos/liquidindian/427162166
What is inspiration?
Integral part of creative process
If creativity is a skill to combine given elements to somethingnew, inspiration is the way these elements are gathered
MG: „A kind of fuel for work, but also a foundation. When you'reinspired, you get an input and work with that. Still there remainsa part of it which can't be explained.“
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There is no right or wrong in inspiration
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How important is inspiration?
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How important is inspiration?
JJ: „In Development it can be more about finding your way intowork and problemsolving. There is some kind of basic structureor convention that you follow, but you also have your own visionof how to do things.“
MG: „I think you need to seperate between big inspiration, kindof like the starting idea and little inspiration to keep going whenyou already started working on something.“
NM: „You are always looking for the best solution for your tasksand in a way you're applying what inspires you to your ownsituation. You see what is different or what is missing. It helpsfinding new projects“
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But what does that mean for us as UX-Experts?
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You can seek inspiration but youcan‘t force it
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There still is sudden inspiration…
…but it‘s also about pushing yourself in the right direction
SA: „If you already got an idea of what you want to do you canwork in that direction.“
NM: „It‘s a 50/50 ration beetwenn seeking and being inspired“
MG: If you start seeing the world as full of potential stuff you canwork with and start combining your observations in your head, you can train being inspired.
You can seek inspiration but youcan‘t force it
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How can you find inspiration?
Image: zev: because who's to say we are the only ones? https://www.flickr.com/photos/fiddleoak/6153761489
Take your time
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Take your Time
Image: Eduardo Amorim: Paz a vocês, amigos : ) https://www.flickr.com/photos/bombeador/3130004800/
Take your time
Trying to get lost in thoughts
Silence, Nature, time for yourself...
For me: public transportation
MG: „Boredom can be used as a way to gather inspiration.“
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Change your point of view
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Change yourpoint of view
Image: Daniel Kulinski: frog perspective https://www.flickr.com/photos/bombeador/3130004800/
Change your point of view
Take a step backwards
Write down or visualize the problem (e.g. mind-maps, userstorys, flowcharts)
Talk to someone to people(especially form a different domain)
NM: „I find inspiration while talking with people, about theirviews or the way they work.“
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Observation
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Observation
Image: Spreng Ben: Quarters Only – New York https://www.flickr.com/photos/sprengben/5441103463/
Observation
In general beeing open minded and paying attention at the rightmoment
How do random people react to situations (Guerilla Usability Testing)
NM: „Through daily life, like for example if I see a colour ordesign I really like:“
SA: „Take a relevant term and just start searching the web, jumping from one topic to another“
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The work of others
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The work of others
Not only the obvious...
… if you look closely even a salt shaker coud be inspiring
Sparks your own creativity
All of my interview partners look at other works for inspiration
Look at the details and try to imagine the process behind it
Trying to think in what if scenarios
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Architecture
Andrew Zusman - Architecture As Design Inspiration http://usabilitygeek.com/architecture-design-inspiration/
“Architects, like digital designers, consider both organization and flow.”
Many similarities in context, constraints and resources
Author calls it: “…a beautiful merger of art and science”
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But, should we really spend much
time looking at the work of others?
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But, should we really spend muchtime looking at the work of others?
Aren't we (intentionally or unintanitonally) copying?
Can we be truly innovative, by looking at what everybody else did?
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Final thought: It's less aboutthe mehthod or technique,
than about yourself
Sources
Oxford Dictionaries: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/inspiration?q=inspiration
Andrew Zusman - Architecture As Design Inspiration http://usabilitygeek.com/architecture-design-inspiration/
Images
Slide 6 Alan Miller: Philosophy and Inspiration https://www.flickr.com/photos/liquidindian/427162166
Slide 14 zev: because who's to say we are the only ones? https://www.flickr.com/photos/fiddleoak/6153761489
Slide 15 Eduardo Amorim: Paz a vocês, amigos : ) https://www.flickr.com/photos/bombeador/3130004800/
Slide 17 Daniel Kulinski: frog perspective https://www.flickr.com/photos/bombeador/3130004800/
Slide 19 Spreng Ben: Quarters Only – New York https://www.flickr.com/photos/sprengben/5441103463/
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