Presumptive Design: Design Thinking In Service of Research

Working in small groups, professionals from across the UX spectrum will learn Presumptive Design (PrD), a design-research technique for capturing the unmet and/or unspoken needs of stakeholders, while revealing and vetting the assumptions of the project team. This course covers the theoretical framework of PrD, provides attendees with hands-on experience applying the process to a design problem, introduces the PrD "Creation Session," has attendees engage external participants with the artifact in "Engagement Sessions" and introduces post-engagement analysis activities.