How to play better
Role
Service Designer
Team
Lydia Gutridge & Jaidon Lalor
Duration
Jan 2021-March 2021
Methodology
Deliverables
Co-creation
Memory basin
User testing
Instrumental, emancipatory & practical analysis
Individual infographics, group infographics, and the final book were all made using Figma.
When looking through the lens perspective of your life, how could a customizable guide help change your life perspectives, connections, and relationships?
Life is your playground. Being able to customize and change your playground through life is an adventure, but tailoring it to fit you is key.
This is an adventurous way to go through life, adult proofing, instead of taking things so seriously!
There are three rules to life when customizing your playground…
Rule #1
People want to play. People trade their time, skills, and money so they can have more fun and play with others.
Rule #2
People play together. People play together through games. Each game involves different physical, mental, and social factors. Some are more fun than others.
Rule #3
We live in a big world. It’s easy to get bored if you forget rule 1 and rule 2.
When people get bored, they switch games! There are greater dynamics to the playground: lots of other games and people to play with.
When developing How To Play Better we went through co-creation and collaboration with our participants on every aspect of this book.
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When we collected data from our participants, we separated it into three categories emancipatory, practical, and instrumental data and analysis.
From feedback and co-creation sessions, we used participant data to form titles, descriptions, page setups, portions of the pages, from our original individual and team infographics and readings assigned.
Some meaningful messages to reiterate from this book are:
First impressions are important on the playground. If your ideas involve other people, you need to hook them and seem fun.
Life’s playground is based on trading resources to enable different ways to play.
Memory is a toy on the playground.
Not only your own- but others too- you need to dodge and weave around what other people will remember with what you want them to remember.
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Some games are harder to play than others, so you need to think of the physical, mental, and social factors surrounding the challenge.
Using these questions helps explore creative ideas, bring them to reality, and make them adult proof.
When you know the three rules, everything is your playground! The tools in this book can be referenced anytime you need a fresh perspective, help approaching a project, or finding direction.