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**Bodystorming** As part of 'Experience Prototyping', bodystorming has been developed as a method of enquiry for interactive design. **Research the definition of 'bodystorming', and write a paragraph describing its characteristics.**

After viewing the video 'Part 1: Bodystorming Experiencing a Disability' at [] **describe the information revealed to the researchers in the three different case studies for one paragraph each**. //You should have a total of four paragraphs for this tutorial.// In design, bodystorming is a technique used for the designer him/herself to play a role and act in a way which the product experience to understand more about the certain design and not just by discussing it. Bodystorming can give the designer of more feeling out of the design, because he/her is playing in an experience role. Which will lead the design become more users friendly. The information revealed to the researchers in three different case studies are: The first one is called “Visually Impaired”. In this experiment, the participant was blindfolded. The participant had a lot of difficulties when moving around, she was only able the draw out mental images of their surrounding by counting their steps and feeling their way of the directions. By hearing and touching, the participant was able to guide her way and move around.

Second case is “Attention Deficit Disorder”. In this case, the participant was asked to list the phone numbers while giving them math problems to solve at the same time. The participant had many trouble when performing his task, he was not able the concentrate which had caused him irritations. In this case study, designer were able to understand to way of giving clear instructions and by working in certain ways will help to improve one’s concentration.

The third case is “Chronic Arthritis”. The enclosed hands of the participant were to prevent them from using their fingers; therefore the participant had a lot of trouble when performing tasks that requires him to use his hands. =**BACK**=