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//  Describe how he defines 'design as a collaborative process', and cite two examples of how creators involve the people they want to create for in their work, according to Bill Moggridge's lecture. (1 paragraph each/3 paragraphs)   //

Bill Moggride defines 'design as collaborative process' as to have individuals working together and brainstorming to come up with ideas. By having a lot of different ideas there is a lot of information to take into consideration and ideas are not narrowed down and best of solution can be taken into account. The team can focus on the strengths and weaknesses of each other and work accordingly and this inturn creates diversity and working towards a common goal which is designing specific applications and products for the general public. Different type of ideas and designers working together will help the group with difficult issues when designing a product.

One of the examples that Bill Moggridge showed on the lecture was the surgery tools as to how it would benefit the people using it. The designer would involve for example a surgeon and how the designing process of the product would be successful.

Another example was a very interesting one used by Bill Moggridge which was the American Red Cross blood donating system. Blood donors where included in the process and letting them know by having a section saying why donate blood. This way people are encourage to donate blood while sharing their stories. This would immensely benefit in the future for others to donate and can reflect their experience.

//  Find an online example of a product which utilizes his principles of collaborative design which it involves people in it design. Cite its URL, and describe its design process in two paragraphs, and how it involved its user(s) in a a paragraph. (3 paragraphs)   //

The Bloomberg Terminal Concept is a concept of collaborative design which utilizes the principles of it. There is alot of information concerning numbers in the financial data, a group of experts using the previous products were gathered and with years of research in the financial computing data came up with a better program and solution to enable workers to work more efficiently and effectively.

A customized keyboard keys and shortcuts with dual screen and information organized systematically form left to right where the features of such a program making it more specific and a more effective way of displaying financial data made this a very successful design.

The team of IDEO had gone through a lot of years researching the financial data in computer industry for Bloomberg had come up with such a design to make it effective for people to use this in the workplaces. Revolutionizing and changing work practices for the people due to the efforts of a team working, developing ideas and collaborating the work together with peoples knowledge being taken into account and implying certain things required to make this a successful software.

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