Last year I had a lot of fun creating a series of videos for my new ID Sketching course at Technical University Eindhoven. This video is from the second module and introduces my take on 'sketching to explore'.
I am proud to now share this video here with you! And I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic. Feel free to leave a comment below. 😊
Martijn
Hi Martijn, I think it is a very good video to introduce the 2 different mindsets and iterative development, and I think the students will learn a lot from it.
I could imagine that first-year students might think they are done after the communicative sketches, which equals 1 diamond loop. However, I think it is important to be able to use the explorative mindset again to tackle solutions to problems that the client sees, or what you see the end-user does. Sketching then becomes a powerful tool to problem solving, or communicating your ideas in meetings.
If you would need a comparison to where they also use these mindsets, I am 100 % sure they do so in Architecture, but making a more physical mock up in the final stages of the concept. You could compare this with a physical prototype in Industrial Design.
Well said Naomi and great to hear how you have been using the mindsets in your work! Once you understand the principles they make a lot of sense. Unfortunately most sketching classes I have seen focus more on the communicative values than on the exploratory potential.