This weeks class was affected by the severely cold weather the midwest was receiving so unforunatly we were not able to meet face to face with the guests from Milestone Labs. Fortunately, Vishal and Charlotte were able to work fast and set up a video conference which worked smoothly!
Luckily I had the chance last semester to talk to Michal Kabatznik about a project I was working on in my disability design course. Not only did she find the time in her busy schedule but she also had great insight and helped me develop my idea further.
Talking to two members of the Milestone Labs team was a great opportunity for students to learn about the design process or refine what has been taught to some already. Particularly they helped us figure out our “Opportunity Statement”. I love we refer to this as the opportunity statement rather than problem statement which is typically what it has been referred to in the past 4 years in my college career. Opportunity statement makes things more general and instills more open ended-ness not simply one solution to a “problem”.
We believe in ‘nothing about us, without us’ – the user should be at the center of the problem-solving process, allowing for empathy and giving a fresh perspective to solving a challenge.” https://www.milestone-labs.com
This last class was a pinnacle point for my team in terms of brainstorming. The worksheet really helped bring everyone’s voices forward, although we were not sitting in the classroom face to face we were able to discuss through video chat and bounce ideas off each other in our google document. We concluded that we need to make the wheelchairs and their replacement parts more feasible and easily accessible for the users.
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