Brainstorming

The last time the group met we discussed different ideas for our project. During the discussion a few questions arose, which will be important for the rest of the project. For example we discussed why do people take their kids to Fotografiska? Some might do it with the intention that the kids might learn something. Some parents do it because they want to go there themselves and can't just leave their kids at home. A fun example from one of our interviews was a kid who was actually tricked to go to the museum! We all agreed that working with personas would be a good fit for our project.

From the interviews and observations we discovered that kids generally want to touch and interact with the things they experience. One idea that came up was some sort of tablet for the kids. The tablet would track where it was in 3D space and project fun/challenging/educational images or videos in the actual environment. In this way the museum wouldn't have to be remodelled to suit kids and it wouldn't  disturb other people.

A sketch of the idea of a tablet that simulates an alternative environment in the museum.

We also discussed how we should approach the project. All of us agreed that choosing one design approach won't cut it, as it's equally important for the device to be engaging for kids (user oriented approach) and functional/educational/stimulating (eg. activity-focused approach). So we discussed if it would be a good idea to do parallell prototyping with different approaches to find the optimal result. This also mean that we need to work in a circular design process with several iterations of the different ideas.

What the "device" is going to end up focusing on is for the future to tell. We need to analyse our data and answer the questions that pop up during our discussions before we know what path to take.