Download - Users’ analysis
UsersUnderstanding space users
UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAINCOLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGDEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGNACADEMIC YEAR: 2015-2016
Introduction LectureInterior Design I – INTD 210
Dr. Hana Aljowder, Dr. Nehal Almurbati, Dr. Fatema Qaed, Mrs. Maryam Obaid, Ms. Amal Attiya.
After research and case study analysis now you know how to design a house
Why do we need to explore and understand users?
It is not your house It is their house
Needs
Desires
Motivation
Activities
Inspire and provoke fresh ideas
Trigger new insights to fuel your innovation
helps to build a design concept later
Motivation
Activities
Needs
How can we understand users?
There are several methods which helps you to understand and analyze users
Users’ Interview
Asking questions
Effective user interviews are the first step in understanding how your users think and behave.
Not only do you want to know who they are, but you
want to dive deeper into understanding their
motivations, mentality, and behavior.
This deep insight into your users will help you keep your
design focused on delivering a great interior design
experience.
How can we turn those information into design?
There are four people living in the house
Example:
Architect
Job Activities
Arabic calligraphy
Islamic geometry
Reading
Interests
exotic tea
Drinking Tea
Buying Tea from countries around the
world
collecting artworks
El-Seed a calligraphy street artist
• What is special about those artist • Their art and design concept • Search about their way of thinking
Mohsen Ghareeb
Indian Tea
Quotes
Poems
Search about names of Islamic geometry:
ArtistArchitectsDesigners Buildings
They design Arabic letters to be a piece of furniture
Sri Lanka Tea
Moroccan Tea
Country famous with
tea
Quite area
A room with a view
music
kashida design
Architect home office function to
suit:Sketches
PC and printer Zone 1- semi
privateArabic calligraphy and
Islamic geometry types and design
guidelines
Reading
Reflective spaces and design principles
Drinking Tea
They design Arabic letters to be a piece of furniture,
abstract furnitureModernElectiveUnique
FlowRhythm
Symmetry
Tea bar
Juice bar but needs different
preparations
Labels artwork
Cup collections shelves
Verses of Quran in specific fonts to reflect ideas and
aspirations
Midnight Teamidnight tea stay with me , let me dream away and flee
let me drown in your mug, your hot water is my hug
When you think about an artist or a designer don't only look at his work aesthetically ( I mean color, line, texture, ...)
read and understand the concept behind his work, dig deeper read about the way he/she thinks, listen to his TED talks
Kashida Design
Discovering ways to “bring [Arabic]
letters into people’s homes
When you think about an activity do not only look at direct furniture in relation to this activity,
think also about the experience you can design for this activity. For example:
Direct thinking of drinking a cup of teaYou can think about it
Furniture
Cabinets
Cups
Colors
Also think of the experience of drinking a cup of tea
(Go to TEACLUB and drink a cup of tea, try to smell it ..look at the color of the tea, the design of
the cup you are drinking in..)
What do you do while drinking tea?A cup of tea while you are reading
A cup of tea with a company ( people you love)
A cup of tea wile listening to your favorite music ...
Comparing Mind Maps Together
MIND MAP A tool that helps designers to:
Recognize pattern
For example:Pattern in their activitiesPattern in their way of living
Reading picture book
Reading poems
Reading History books
Reading comics
Reading
Identify themes
Colorful
ModernIslamic
Ex 1: in the studio Take out your phones, Open your cameras
Draw your self
Start mind mapping YOU
Ex 2: Homework Choose one of the family member activity and do it, for example:
Play with Dall Drinking a cup of tea Reading Tom gate book
Shopping in a big brands mall
loves buying brands
Take 20 pictures while you are doing the activity, for example:
Equipment used while doing the activity, Space design when you are doing the activity, Furniture,Other details…
print them and stick them in your sketchbook you do not need to design the pictures