This class will provide a broad grounding in the practice and role of human-centered design by research with people. Students will learn the practices and methods of human-centered design research and explore the cognitive, cultural and behavioral implications of interaction design. Students will be introduced to the theory and practice of various types of design research including human-centered qualitative and ethnographic methods as well as formal and analytical techniques geared toward pragmatic design applications. Students will design imaginative tools to expand their understanding of individuals, groups of people and/or situated context. Representational methods – including generative and evaluative frameworks, scenario-building and personas – will help students identify and articulate patterns in qualitative data to inform design. Students will design and build both fundamental and imaginative tools for use in ethnographic research, in order to expand and communicate understanding of a group of people and/or situated context, such as: interview guides, screeners, cultural probes, and other research stimuli. 

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