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== | == MoFo Design Research Lab == | ||
=== What is Design Research? === | === What is Design Research? === | ||
Design research refers to an array of methods which | Design research refers to an array of methods, from user testing to codesign, which are applied to provide essential data on user experiences '''throughout the life of a product, prototype or community development process'''. Designers and developers are increasingly employing these techniques in product development to better serve user needs. At the Mozilla Foundation, many of our products have matured to the point that we can now apply core design research approaches in order to better inform each product's development process from conception to final launch. | ||
The Mozilla Foundation staff leading the progress of this initiative are '''Karen Smith, Kat Braybrooke, Emily Goligoski and Chloe Varelidi''', with collaboration from User Research and Insights teams at the Mozilla Corporation and various in-house designers who have kindly offered their designs, recommendations and guidance. | |||
The Mozilla Foundation staff leading the progress of this initiative are '''Karen Smith, Kat Braybrooke, Emily Goligoski | |||
[[File:DesignResearchPresentationSlides.pdf|framed|center|Design Research Lab: An Introduction]] | [[File:DesignResearchPresentationSlides.pdf|framed|center|Design Research Lab: An Introduction]] | ||
==== Our Design Methods ==== | ==== Our Design Methods ==== | ||
Here are a few diagrams which explain the traditional methods used by design researchers. Ours has been closest to the first, but we intend to culminate findings from our activities into one coherent offering in 2014. | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:DesignResearchDiagram.jpg|All Processes | File:DesignResearchDiagram.jpg|All Processes | ||
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* [http://emilygoligoski.com/2013/12/11/introducing-open-badges-user-profiles/ Blog post: Community co-designed personae development for the Open Badges project] | * [http://emilygoligoski.com/2013/12/11/introducing-open-badges-user-profiles/ Blog post: Community co-designed personae development for the Open Badges project] | ||
=== | === Weekly Research Meetings === | ||
The Design Research Lab meets '''every Thursday at noon PST'''. All interested participants are welcome to attend and go through findings and methods with us. Meeting notes can be found on [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/user-research-roar](the User Research Roar Etherpad). | |||