Thanks to Google Ventures, or their book Sprint, (or even through me!), chances are you may have heard of design sprints!
I’ve talked on Instagram before about my UX Design Supplies box – things that I bring with to every UX workshop I run, like post-its, sharpies, sticky dots and blu-tack:
As designers we are innately problem solvers.
But on some days, it can feel like harder work than others, and on other days, it can feel like you will literally never come up with a good idea ever again.
Psssst: If you’re not sure what Crazy Eight’s are, read this first!
After writing my step by step instructions of how to use Crazy Eights to generate design ideas for your design sprint or workshop, I received a couple of questions about the first instruction:
The sound of deafening silence rang all around me. 20 pairs of eyes were bearing into my soul and I was frozen. My brain was racing as I tried to make my mouth say something, anything…
Yes, if I was to write a terrible version of my life memoir, that might be the opening paragraph to the chapter involving how I ran the world’s worst design workshop. It was my very first time running one and I’ll be frank: I had no clue what I was doing. I hadn’t prepared at all. Funny how it was a disaster eh?