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  • 1. How To Design Things That Make Sense Johanna Kollmann ~ @johannakoll Generate 2014, London Photo by Taro Taylor https://ic.kr/p/b3dga
  • 2. Photo by Pison Jaujip https://ic.kr/p/b8qdYV 1
  • 3. A mental model is an explanation of someone's thought process about how something works in the real world. ! It is a representation of the surrounding world, the relationships between its various parts and a person's intuitive perception about his or her own acts and their consequences. ! Mental models can help shape behaviour and set an approach to solving problems and doing tasks. Mental model Indi Young - Mental Models | Wikipedia
  • 4. Photo courtesy of Rosenfeld Media https://ic.kr/p/4eRkPh
  • 5. Photo courtesy of Rosenfeld Media / Indi Young
  • 6. Mental Model by Daniel Eizans http://danieleizans.com/2012/03/mental-modeling-for-content-work-creation/
  • 7. Photo courtesy of Rosenfeld Media / Indi Young
  • 8. Why. Next. Photo by Binu K S https://ic.kr/p/P6DdH
  • 9. Photo by Jon Pinder https://ic.kr/p/7CrDsg 2
  • 10. Mental Model System Model
  • 11. Mental Model System Model Conceptual Model
  • 12. Photo by Troup Dresser https://ic.kr/p/a926nV 3
  • 13. Photo by Binu K S https://ic.kr/p/4NxaA2 Collaboration problems arise when teams lack the tools to agree meaning and structure.
  • 14. Do you know what you mean when you say what you say? Ontology
  • 15. Have you provided logical structures that bring meaning to what you present? Taxonomy
  • 16. How is meaning affected across various channels, over time and through usage? Choreography
  • 17. Ontology Taxonomy Choreography Information Architecture Kudos to Dan Klyn, Abby Covert and Peter Morville
  • 18. Information Architecture Diagrams, prototypes Mental models Photo by Simon Hammond https://ic.kr/p/sqM8
  • 19. Photo by Macroscopic Solutions https://ic.kr/p/oXjKLp
  • 20. refers to how we structure the unknown so as to be able to act in it. Sensemaking involves coming up with a plausible understandinga mapof a shifting world; testing this map with others through data collection, action, and conversation; and then rePining, or abandoning, the map depending on how credible it is. Sensemaking Deborah Ancona, MIT - Sloan School of Management
  • 21. Photo by Jonathan Fox https://ic.kr/p/ESBH2 What we build is rarely Pinished. We build systems that Plex and grow with the client, the business, the organisation, the community, and the availability of new devices. Simon Collison (2009)
  • 22. Photo by Stavros Markopoulos https://ic.kr/p/2zCkHP Complicated Complex Simple Check out the CynePin Framework by Dave Snowden
  • 23. Sensemaking principles Many types of data from different sources ! Collaborate! ! Model! Prototype! ! Learn from experiments
  • 24. Photo by Binu K S https://ic.kr/p/4NxaA2 Collaboration problems arise when teams lack the tools to agree meaning and structure.
  • 25. Sensemaking is a process. Design is our powerful tool. Photo by Charlie Stinchcomp https://ic.kr/p/dKRP8F
  • 26. Thank you! ! Say hi: @johannakoll !