The Design it! Deck
The Design it! Deck is a newly developed card game that was inspired by PACT Analysis (People, Action, Context & Technology) a common practice among User Researchers and Design Innovators. The game aims to introduce the core concepts and Ideas of PACT playfully and interactively, and is fun to play with family and friends.
Within this kit:
- 1x Deck of Cards
- 4x Playdoh
- Various Templates
- Booklet
Examples of some design challenges created using the cards by our co-designers
Pen and Paper Design
For this design for a teacher who wants to socialise while attending a sports event, using augmented reality- a simple sketch of an app to video chat with other fans at the stadium, while watching the game was created.
Design Using Clay
In this design a pet (in this instance a corgi) wanted to order lunch for himself and his friends using a VR headset- clay and paper were used to create the goggles. The pet’s view screen was added to illustrate what the corgi would see when using the VR set.
Robot Made From Recycled Materials
A design for a teenager wanting to learn a new dance in the gym using a robot – a mini portable robot displaying the different dance moves was made using a recycled bottle, a recycled chocolate tray and a cutout from an old newspaper. Blank paper was used to cover the bottle and tissue to create a ‘skirt’.
Inspirational People
David Benyon
David Benyon was a professor in Human-computer Interaction
(HCI) and a director of the Centre for Interaction Design at
Edinburgh Napier University. In his
book Designing User Experience he introduced the PACT framework (a system that helps us to
understand how to build and improve better products) the Design it! Deck is based on.
Celia Hodent
Celia is a US-based expert in
game UX (user experience)
and cognitive psychology
(a study of how our brains
think, learn, remember, and
solve problems). She has workd for
Epic Games, Ubisoft and LucasArts.
She has also published four books, including
What UX is Really About,
and The Gamer’s Brain: How
Neuroscience & UX Can Impact
Video Game Design.
Want to learn more?
Follow these links to discover more about the Design it! Deck and PACT.
