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LEGO Serious Play – Microsoft Geek Girl Dinner

May 6, 2009penny Leave a Comment

Next week is the first Lego Serious Play for women event in Australia. As part of Mays Sydney Geek Girl Dinner, Microsoft are hosting the event which will include an evening of Lego, Xbox-ing and networking. The even has been… Continue Reading →

social technologies geekgirls, lego, microsoft

What is design?

May 4, 2009penny 1 Comment

As part of establishing the theoretical building blocks for my thesis I have been writing a position on design, and design research. To my surprise a debate about the nature of both has spring up again on the PhD Design… Continue Reading →

design research, thesis

Introducing Personas and Scenarios

April 30, 2009penny Leave a Comment

The highlight for last week was introducing 300 first year design students at UTS to the idea of personas and scenarios. The guest lecture was for the Researching Design Processes course being run by the fantastic Lizzie Muller. There is… Continue Reading →

design research, presentation

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This blog covers work, thinking and experiences on participatory design, social design and design research by Penny Hagen. I help organisations take a collaborative and participatory approach to the design and implementation of new processes, policy, strategy, services and initiatives. The opinions shared here are solely my own

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