Wallet Project

Hey guys!

Belated thank you to those who came out to our Stanford d.school Wallet Project! Jenn and I had a lot of fun moderating you (made me feel a little like we were leading a certain IDEO design exercise, if you know what I mean), and we hope everyone enjoyed running through one accelerated iteration of a user-centered design cycle.

For everyone who missed out on our fun little activity, here are the main lessons we got out of it –

1. Human-Centered Design: the whole exercise was to get a taste of Human-Centered Design where we learn the importance of empathizing with our users, instead of a typical problem-solving approach.
2. Experimentation & Prototyping: in our design process, prototyping is an integral part of experimentation and learning what works
3. A Bias Towards Action: the term “design thinking” should suggest more doing than thinking — it’s taking action and learning from mistakes that makes products
4. Show Don’t Tell: a big part of our design process is to share your vision through telling stories and experiences with the help of visual aids
5. Power of Iteration: iteration is good; successful outcomes are more often the product of refinement than not

EMPATHY: Ooh, so THAT'S why you still keep a picture of your ex in your wallet.

DEFINE: He wants something that can also carry his memories.

IDEATE: What if I made it amorphous and see-through?

PROTOTYPE: This came out…interesting.

TEST: DO YOU LIKE?

We’d like to thank the Stanford d.school again for the exercise — CUxD certainly produced many interesting wallets! Hope you stay tuned for our next event!

Annie Bai
User Experience Designer | Co-Founder & Creative Director
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