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
Naomi Swagten
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.
Martijn van de Wiel
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.