A design student, Pascal Raabe has created a very nice tool summarizing the definitions, techniques, and roles of User Centered Design. It’s available as a free download as a jpeg or pdf. Alternatively, for a donation, it can be printed and shipped.
Did I mention that it includes penguins?
User Centered Design Infographic Poster
The central premise of user centered design is that the best designed products and services result from understanding the needs of the people who will use them. -Design Council
I’m a Graphic Design student about to go into my third year at the University College Falmouth. During a year of self-directed study I had the pleasure to work with many interesting design studios and practitioners which got me interested in user centered design.
Although I know that this diagram is by no means complete, I believe that it can be beneficial for students and design practitioners in various disciplines. I release it under a CC BY-NC-SA license with the hope that others will find it a useful tool for learning or teaching and to share and build upon…
This is an information graphic poster illustrating the underlying lifecycle, methods, principles and techniques in a user centered design process where the visual part is only the tip of the iceberg.
