Design Moves Summary

Design Moves by Sharon Helmer Poggenpohl presents an interesting way to approach design broken into very specific steps of proceeding. She starts out explaining how her method is focused on best designing for the user by incorporating a lot of user interaction and testing, rather than trying to find solutions based on science or studies without actually acting and testing the group one is designing for. She discusses "design's hidden moves" explains that design is envisioning for the future by doing some specific things all of which are tailored to utilizing the user to bring new and useful ideas to life in the best way possible for the user. As she begins talking about the second move she takes the user interactivity even further talking how design doesn't need science, but instead needs to learn from real life users by testing things out in real situations. In the third and final move she discusses four types of prototyping which are conceptual, behavioral, procedural, and appearance. She explains and uses very examples to illustrate what each type of prototype is meant to do and how this can be best utilized to efficiently problem solve for the best way to design a product. Overall, she presents a very through way to go about designing that focuses on the user and creating the best product through the use of real situation testing.