Changes

Rapid prototyping is a major skill! In order to make a low-resolution prototype we have to leave all attachments we have with the idea out the door. Why? Because emotional attachment urges us to be perfectionists. Instead, what we want is for the idea to take a tangible form and be ready to be tested by our user in order for us to receive feedback and start iterating it. Change is scary, but iteration is change done in order to make something better. What is cool about the "5 chair" challenge is that the designer takes multiple approaches to solve one need, so it almost feels like ideation. But it's not, because the process of implementation has already begun! What's happening here is that the designer is detached from the "one" possibility and quickly explores multiple, making space for later synthesis. -Tatiana Fk