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5. free writing

2. thought leaders

1. trusted research 7. find analogies

8. thought experiments4. non-designers

9. conclusions3. ethnographic research

6. activate your subconscious

John Olson · Directed Research 2013 · Tom Klinkowstein

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Collect information from trusted research sources.

Professional periodicalsLibrary resourcesTrusted websites.


Seek insights from industry “thought leaders”


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Conduct ethnographic research.


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Seek the advice and opinions

of Non-Designers.


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Process thoughts, reactions and questions through

free-writing exercises


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Structure your research schedule to optimize your

subconscious problem solving ability.


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Create analogies. Analyze scenarios from history or other

fields of study that are applicable to your subject.


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Conduct thought experiments.Asses sets of possible future consequences

from the data you have collected.


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Develop a conclusionCreate proposals for experiments

to test this conclusion.


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Thesis Topics


user-created content and social activism




I want to explore the correlation between user-created visual content and activism among millennials through digital social media

Because I want to see how social activism is different for digital natives when compared to past generations

To create a system to better utilize user-created content as a tool for social and political engagement


dadaism and mobile UX design


I want to explore the “nonsensical” tenants of Dadaism and their possible application to contemporary digital user-experience design

Because I want see how “illogicality” can be applied to the overly rationalized work of UX design

To better emulate the surprising (and irrational) elements of human behavior and create more engaging digital content.


transparency and political branding


I want to explore political slogans and branding in contrast with visuals created using live-time metadata

Because I want to learn more about complex political realities that are often broken down into a single word or phrase

To find ways to reimagine the political brand using new technologies in order to create a more authentic / transparent forms of political messaging.



dadaism and mobile UX design

transparency and political branding

Technology

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