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~[6] culural probes: real
people, virtual identies.
an impossible cooperation. georg tremmel and shiho fukuhara with:
(alternative reality:::::::::)




(http.//*.*.*)
		exonemo
		maybebut
		n-ja
		alexeiblinov
		scanner
		ubermorgen
		undisclosed recpient








project. cultural probes. real persona, virtual identities. old shit
into new shit.

Cultural Probes are a Research Method developed by ... (lla la la)

              {definition cultural probes}

cultural probes are an attempt by designers to examine the enviornment
of the target audience. the
one designers want to design for.
1 design a probes package and tasks
2 sent the package to the target group
3 wait for their return, eg what they did with the probes
(4 design in response to their returns)

this cultural probes project was an impossible cooperation, first,
between georg tremmel and shiho fukuhara and
second, between georg tremmel and shiho fukuhara AND (in alfabetical
order)

.
(return data files.)

alexei blinov
exonemo
maybebut
nja
scanner robin rimbaud
ubermorgen
unknown


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(we are extremly super delighted that the participants agreed to
participate in this project.)







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Background

CRD Research initiated probes during the Presence project and is
currently using the process within the Equator project.

Probes are collections of tasks designed to elicit inspirational
information from people about their individual lives.

Probes can be as straightforward as asking people for a set of household
rules, or as surreal as asking them to imagine their neighbourhood as a
human body. If questions are too clear, then they constrain the answers
you might receive, but if they are too absurd you will only get
nonsense. The trick is to find a balance so that the probes are both
informative and provocative.

The process of designing and delivering the probes, then collecting and
sifting through the returns creates important first opportunities for
dialogue between volunteers and designers.

The content of the probe returns can be very mundane, or some may be
more peculiar. How someone writes around the edge of a page may inspire
more ideas than what they actually wrote about. The most banal
information may prove to be pivotal to a design proposal.

When approaching the returns you donТt need to analyse them, but you
should think about organising, abstracting and interpreting.  Use them
to tell stories, blurring fiction and fact. How would a coroner record
the death of their dysfunctional toaster; what if the person could only
love on a Thursday?

Imagine and design new products and services inspired by the probe
process. Be prolific, sketch your ideas quickly to produce a collection
of proposals that respond to what youТve learned.

We hope that the ideas you encounter during the probes project will
extend into your work later in the year.


Objectives

Identify who your volunteers will be, and what issues you want to
explore.

Design a set of probes that will give rich information.

Make several sets of probes.

Send out probes just before Christmas, and collect them just after.

Organise the returns and make design proposals on their basis.


Schedule

Monday 19th November 2001 Ц 2.00pm
Presentation	СDomestic and Cultural ProbesТ, Bill Gaver
Briefing 		Brendan Walker
Brainstorm		Group brainstorm session to kick off ideas

Thursday 22nd November 2001 Ц 2.00pm
Tutorials		Identifying subject territory and coercing volunteers.

Thursday 29th November 2001 Ц 10.00am
Tutorials		Each group presents probe ideas and proposals.

Friday 7th December 2001 Ц 2.00pm
Interim Crit		Groups present a sample probe pack.

Thursday 13th December 2001 Ц 10.00am
Tutorials		Inspection of completed probe packs.

_____________________________________________________________
CHRISTMAS BREAK
_____________________________________________________________


Thursday 10th January 2002 Ц 10.00am
Group Discussion	Groups show probe returns with initial ideas and
thoughts for
sketch development

21st to 25th January 2001
Interim show	Probes, returns and design proposals will be exhibited.

Thursday 24th January 2001 Ц 10.00am
Final Crit		Concluding group crit in interim show.

they are too absurd you will only get nonsense. The trick is to find a
balance so that the probes are both informative and provocative.

The process of designing and delivering the probes, then collecting and
sifting through the returns creates important first opportunities for
dialogue between volunteers and designers.

The content of the probe returns can be very mundane, or some may be
more peculiar. How someone writes around the edge of a page may inspire
more ideas than what they actually wrote about. The most banal
information may prove to be pivotal to a design proposal.

When approaching the returns you donТt need to analyse them, but you
should think about organising, abstracting and interpreting.  Use them
to tell stories, blurring fiction and fact. How would a coroner record
the death of their dysfunctional toaster; what if the person could only
love on a Thursday?

Imagine and design new products and services inspired by the probe
process. Be prolific, sketch your ideas quickly to produce a collection
of proposals that respond to what youТve learned.

We hope that the ideas you encounter during the probes project will
extend into your work later in the year.


Objectives

Identify who your volunteers will be, and what issues you want to
explore.

Design a set of probes that will give rich information.

Make several sets of probes.

Send out probes just before Christmas, and collect them just after.

Organise the returns and make design proposals on their basis.


Schedule

Monday 19th November 2001 Ц 2.00pm
Presentation	СDomestic and Cultural ProbesТ, Bill Gaver
Briefing 		Brendan Walker
Brainstorm		Group brainstorm session to kick off ideas

Thursday 22nd November 2001 Ц 2.00pm
Tutorials		Identifying subject territory and coercing volunteers.

Thursday 29th November 2001 Ц 10.00am
Tutorials		Each group presents probe ideas and proposals.

Friday 7th December 2001 Ц 2.00pm
Interim Crit		Groups present a sample probe pack.

Thursday 13th December 2001 Ц 10.00am
Tutorials		Inspection of completed probe packs.

_____________________________________________________________
CHRISTMAS BREAK
_____________________________________________________________


Thursday 10th January 2002 Ц 10.00am
Group Discussion	Groups show probe returns with initial ideas and
thoughts for
sketch development

21st to 25th January 2001
Interim show	Probes, returns and design proposals will be exhibited.

Thursday 24th January 2001 Ц 10.00am
Final Crit		Concluding group crit in interim show.
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Probes are a collection of tasks designed to eke out information from
people about their individual lives. They can be as simple as supplying
disposable cameras with request for specific shots, to asking people to
imagine their neighbourhood was a body and identify various features
using stickers.

The process of designing and delivering the probes, then collecting and
sifting through the returns creates important first opportunities for
dialogue between volunteers and designers.

The information imparted back from the completed probes can be very
specific, or some may be more esoteric. How someone writes around the
edge of a page may inspire more ideas than what they actually wrote
about.

The most banal information may prove to be pivotal to a design proposal.

The next stage is the interpretation and abstraction of the returns.
Blur fiction and fact. How would a coroner record the death of their
dysfunctional toaster, what if the person could only love on a Thursday?

Throw it all around a room, sleep on it, have a few vivid dreams,
imagine new products and services, write and draw them Ц be prolific.

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Identify a subject territory that you have a notion you can make a
difference to, who your СvolunteersТ will be, what you want to find out
from them.

Design a set of probes that will give rich information returns (no
УYES/NOФ web forms! Ц we want probes returned as scrawled bits of paper
with ketchup stains)

Make several sets of probes.

Send out and then collect probes.

Abstract the returns and make design proposals for new products and
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Deliverables
End result
21st to 25th January 2001 - Interim show of probes, probe returns and
design proposals
Interim Stages
19th November 2001
Domestic and Cultural Probes uncovered (Bill Gaver)
Briefing (Brendan Walker)

22nd November 2001
One on one tutorials Ц Identifying subject territory and coercing
volunteers

29th November 2001
Present ideas and  proposals
How to get the most out of your probes - One on one tutorials

6th December 2001
HereТs one I made earlier  - Group presentation of sample probe pack

13th December 2001
Locker inspection Ц audit of completed probe packs, ready for sending
out.

10th January 2002
Present probe returns with initial ideas.

17th January 2001
Present developed sketch ideas using probes as inspiration

24th January 2001
Crit in interim show.




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