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Alastair Somerville

I work with global brands, cutting-edge design studios and conferences helping people understand how to use ultra human centered design with new technologies to deliver value in emerging and existing markets, internationally. With a background in Accessibility and inclusive design, I facilitate workshops, for all types of participant, on understanding how our individual senses and perception affect the use of new products and services from a human perspective. Helping staff understand more about themselves to enable them to work collaboratively developing complex and commerically viable products. I embed skills into teams so they can make beautifully engineered products which create emotional and human connections to new users and customers.

Human-Centered Prototyping Starts With Respect For Human Capacities

  • Behavioral Science, Customer Experience, Design, Human factors, Neuroscience, Usability, UX Education, UX Magazine

People’s autonomy is in their capacities not in their impairments. Learn how human-centred helps understand how capacities, capabilities and autonomy interact.

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Human-Centered Prototyping Starts With Respect For Human Capacities

  • The authors gives his 3-step human-centered prototype model to understand how capacities, capabilities and autonomy interact:

    • Research Capacities
    • Consider Capabilities
    • Build prototypes

  • Researching capacities leads to recognizing the diversity of solutions that come from personal divergence.

  • Reviewing capabilities means looking at what tools/services/communities/assets work successfully to achieve desired outcomes.

  • While building prototypes, it is important to keep the sense of independence and individuality for users.

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