Randall Elliott

Testing a design results in valuable insights because it reveals what hinders and what helps the user, so you know what features to keep, which designs to modify, and which parts to scrap altogether. This course focuses on the testing phase of the five-step design thinking process. After briefly reviewing previous steps, learn about testing and how to refine your testing purpose. Learn how to find the right methods and strategies for your testing, then dive into how to determine if your testing… Show more

Testing a design results in valuable insights because it reveals what hinders and what helps the user, so you know what features to keep, which designs to modify, and which parts to scrap altogether. This course focuses on the testing phase of the five-step design thinking process. After briefly reviewing previous steps, learn about testing and how to refine your testing purpose. Learn how to find the right methods and strategies for your testing, then dive into how to determine if your testing is successful—and what to do if it’s not. See how to maximize what you gather from your testing, including velocity and conversion. Then, discover how to use testing to get bigger, better results from your ideas. Put what you’ve learned together to create a robust team testing strategy. Show less

Yesterday big data was all the rage; today we have intelligent machines and processes to leverage that data wisely. Learn how modern data intelligence helps designers provide a more personal and human design experience. Randall Elliott, associate director of design technology at frog, shows how to use data in creative problem-solving: to generate ideas, create better designs, and connect with users in meaningful ways. He tackles data generated by computers as well as that gathered through… Show more

Yesterday big data was all the rage; today we have intelligent machines and processes to leverage that data wisely. Learn how modern data intelligence helps designers provide a more personal and human design experience. Randall Elliott, associate director of design technology at frog, shows how to use data in creative problem-solving: to generate ideas, create better designs, and connect with users in meaningful ways. He tackles data generated by computers as well as that gathered through interviews and other hands-on means. He shows how to collect, analyze, and visualize the information to help solve your customer's challenges, leveraging intelligent tools and agile processes such as rapid prototyping. Show less

Today prototyping can be used throughout the design process: to generate ideas, validate concepts, or explore technologies. The possibilities have evolved exponentially; new prototyping tools and approaches are introduced every year. Understanding and being able to navigate this cornucopia is the key to extracting the most value from prototyping.

Hosted a Designer and Technologist Meet Up and ran it like a mini-workshop. We discussed how design and technology have begun to merge creating new opportunities and a need for new workflows and tools. The groups ideas were captured using provocation worksheets we designed for the event.