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 * CCT333 Tutorial 7 Wiki Questions:**
 * 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)**

In this day and age design is a major aspect that sells a product. It is one of the most vital aesthetics that make a product or creation memorable or different from the various others available in the market. Since design and aesthetics are becoming so important and thus comes complication with it, it is only natural to share a collaborative process to make the product better. One brilliant mind is good, but many like-minded individuals are even better. According to Bill Moggridge, 'Design as a collaborative process' refers to the idea of people from different areas of expertise working together to design products. By forming a design team made of members with a variety of backgrounds, skills and knowledge, the design process becomes much more effective and seamless. By amalgamating people from different cultures and disciplines, it becomes possible to get a wider perspective on the situation and find solutions that are more advanced. He also talks about involving consumers during the designing process so that the designers understand who they are catering to and make sure it’s effective.

An example of this talked about by Bill Moggridge is the design of surgical tools. During the brainstorming phase, designers were paired up with surgeons to determine the difficulties that they were facing with the design of the existing machine and used the feedback garnered from these professionals to design and better the surgery tools. By taking input from them, the designers were able to create an effective product as the input on the design by the surgeons will make the design itself more beneficial.

Another example talked about by Bill Moggridge is the American Red Cross blood donating system. The “Why I Give” campaign uses this design process, which allowed users to publically share their reason for donating blood, resulting in a more connected community and made the people realize the importance of donating blood. Red Cross was able to create an effective system by involving the people they were targeting by featuring them in their project.


 * 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 paragraph. (3 paragraphs)**

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An online example that utilizes the principle of collaborative design is Wikipedia. It is a web-based encyclopedia that contains information that has been edited and put up by individuals. The name “Wikipedia” is a combination of the words “wiki” and “encyclopedia”. The core design of Wikipedia is to create a large online encyclopedia by the average Internet users. The whole idea of Wikipedia is about creating a community, where people of similar interests and ideas generate and come together to make the process more effective. This process of collective information maybe better as a collective knowledge of many individuals is better than just an individual’s.

The principle of participatory design is exhibited in Wikipedia as it allows its users to tinker and interact with the information that is available on the articles created by other Wikipedia users. Such Wikipedia pages about a subject, person or place are so avid now, that it is recognized as a legible source of information. Whenever certain things are searched on the internet, these Wikipedia pages are one of the first few search results and this acknowledges more individuals to visit and edit the information available on the site.

Wikipedia involves its users by allowing them the control to manipulate the content of their pages. It allows its users to anonymously write and create Wikipedia articles about events, people, places, products or anything that the users are willing to express. Anyone with an internet access can edit and change the content of the articles. Wikipedia is also available in many different languages, thus it caters to people from various cultures and communities. That makes it possible for the articles to be in different languages. The whole design process of Wikipedia is catered to the people in such a way that it involves them in creating the content. This is a prime example of the collaborative process developed by the internet users.


 * Reference: **

Wikipedia. (2011). " Wikipedia:About." Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 28 Feb, 2011, from <[]>.