Study Papers

Potential Exam Questions

Interview and Reflection

Asking Questions - Techniques for Semistructured Interviews

Design Process + Ethical Design

Thoughtful Interaction Design Design Ethics and Technological Mediation The Dark Patterns Side of UX Design

Understanding Users & The Empathic Designer

The Design Way - Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World Experience-Centered Design - Designers, Users, and Communities in Dialogue

Diary Studies

When Participants Do the Capturing - The Role of Media in Diary Studies Cultural Probes

Design Rationales and Models

Whats in Design Rationale Contextual Design - Understanding Users for Effective Design

Innovation and Business

Incremental and Radical Innovation - Design Research vs Technology and Meaning Change Business Model Generation

Concept Development

Five Reasons for Scenario-Based Design Idea Generation and the Quality of the Best Idea Interaction Relabelling and Extreme Characters - Methods for Exploring Aesthetic Interactions Generating Visions - Future Workshops and Metaphorical Design Inspiration Card Workshops

Sketching User Experiences

Externalisation and Design Five Reasons for Scenario-Based Design Experience-Centered Design - Designers, Users, and Communities in Dialogue

Prototyping

Design in Action - From Prototyping by Demonstration to Cooperative Prototyping The Anatomy of Prototypes

Evaluation

Qualitative HCI Research - Going Behind the Scenes

Other

Academic Writing, Referencing and Report Structure Affinity Diagrams Co-designing for Co-listening - Conceptualizing Young People's Social and Music-Listening Practices Concept Selection - A Method That Works Conducting Research Interviews Contexts of Collaborative Musical Experiences Design for Experiencing - New Tools Evaluation, UX Testing and Wizard of Oz GUI Design Guidelines, Gestalt, Layout and Colour On the Design of OLO Radio - Investigating Metadata as a Design Material Physical Prototyping, MVP and Fabrication Problem Area Subtle Sound Design - Designing for Experience Blend in a Historic House Museum The Value of Storyboards in the Product Design Process

Problem Area

Authors: Daniel Bulant, Mihai Petrut, Vladyslav Buzilov

Year: 2026

Summary Paper Presentation

2026-03-17 Daniel Bulant, Mihai Petrut, Vladyslav Buzilov Problem Area.pdf Open PDF