Lab+6

Lab 6

Bodystorming involves acting in someone else’s shoes. In the bodystorming video, individuals where able to act like those who were affected by a disability and enabled them to come up with solutions to help them be more accessible. Bodystorming allows problems that cannot be solved by just writing down ideas to be solved because you are actively taking part in a situation, acting out the role of a person. In the video, actors pretend to be affected by ADD, blindness and arthritis. They each act as if they are actually diagnosed with the disability, for example the girl who is blind has a cane. This allows them to fully experience what it is like. They are all asked to complete a set of tasks while acting out these disabilities. Bodystorming is effective as it allows them to act out the situation in different contexts so that they can note the difficulties that are experienced and develop changes. Bodystorming allows people to act out situations or take part instead of just brainstorming ideas. This allow designers not only to come up with an idea but also to test if it’s feasible or not since they are already in a situation..
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