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WatCHI Design Challenge
University of Waterloo
Event Design (2004,2005) 		Time: 6 meetings to plan, 3 hour event
Techniques: experience design, project management, persona development, event facilitation
Tools: flipcharts, photoshop, fireworks
Team: 5 organizers (my role), 4 judges, participants
      Design Objective:
Organize a design competition to demonstrate how to design for specific users and the value of a structured design approach. Teach design by creating an event that encourages learning through doing. 		 
 

Design Solution:
Organize the format of the design challenge to follow a structured process that encourages brainstorming. Give different teams unique personas to demonstrate how different users will need very different solutions.

Result:
The participants responded well to the structured process and were able to generate a great variety of solutions.

Poster used to attract participants
Each group was given a persona to design for
Links:
Competition package
ACM CHI page
WatCHI
Marks were given for designing for the user Structured timeline of the challenge
Panoramic photo of one of the design challenges