{"id":368,"date":"2009-06-14T21:08:17","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T01:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tibetantailor.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2009-06-14T21:10:34","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T01:10:34","slug":"how-to-evaluate-your-design-iq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tibetantailor.com\/?p=368","title":{"rendered":"How to evaluate your Design IQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Workplace Design Quotient<\/p>\n<p>Look around where you work.\u00a0 Try to take account of the Design Quotient (your DQ, like IQ) of where you work. It doesn\u2019t matter if think of it as your design climate, design culture, design temperature, or even design velocity. \u00a0 Ask yourself \u201cHow good are we at design?\u201d and then ask \u201cHow can we become masters of design?\u201d \u00a0Right now we are concentrating on self-awareness.<\/p>\n<p>2 QUICK ASSESSMENTS TO MEASURE YOUR WORKPLACE DESIGN IQ<\/p>\n<p>1 OPEN YOUR EYES &amp; LOOK AROUND<\/p>\n<p>How much beauty does your space hold? The space, the furnishings, the architecture. The art of the visible. \u00a0 If your company is claiming they are \u201cinto design\u201d then this is one way of putting their money where their mouth is.\u00a0 If you believe that pretty things work better then you gotta believe that pretty places work better for people and those people will work better.\u00a0 Ok, so how pretty is the place you are at right now?\u00a0 How much visible beauty can you see sitting in front of your computer.\u00a0 STOP, LOOK UP, LOOK AROUND. WHAT DO YOU SEE?<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t close your eyes and remember what it is like.\u00a0 Look, write down and describe what you see.\u00a0 Do that, then look at the list.\u00a0 Make sure you look up at the ceilings not just the walls. Look down at the floor.\u00a0 Go to the center of the room and look around.\u00a0 Go to the farthest corner and look toward the middle.\u00a0 Go outside and walk in.<\/p>\n<p>No I am not talking about orderliness.\u00a0 I don\u2019t care if it is organized cleanly.\u00a0 Does it have the right furniture?\u00a0 Does it fit your needs? Is the furniture is lightweight and portable so one can move it around? Is there enough drawer space or filing space?\u00a0 What is the styling and does that communicate what your company is about?<\/p>\n<p>Two other important ways to evaluate your space:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, how much raw material is lying around for you to take advantage of? Is the paper locked away and apportioned out? Do you have foam core for prototyping?\u00a0 How many different colors of pens are in stock?<\/li>\n<li>Second, what is there for inspiration? \u00a0 Are there books, movies, music?\u00a0 Is there a library, stocked with all different kinds of books, competitors publications, customer interviews, mood boards, old story boards?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2 PARTY TIME<\/p>\n<p>What is the annual party like? Work isn\u2019t just about the work. And it is not necessarily about the amount of money they spend. Just like physical objects, spaces and places, so are events designed things.\u00a0 One of the best events to look at is the annual party.<\/p>\n<p>Two important ways to evaluate the party:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, do you feel that it is coordinated or haphazard.\u00a0 When do they run out of food? Is it good food? Are different activities going on it all at the same time or sequenced? Sequencing shows insight into events. Does it feel like it is just thrown together at the last minute or is it following an agenda.<\/li>\n<li>Second, the memories: When you were joining the company did anyone tell you about the party?\u00a0 When you joined the company did anyone tell you with delight about the picnic or barbecue?\u00a0 Do they reminisce? Are people anxiously awaiting the next one?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To conclude, it is important to be self-aware of what the DQ of your workplace is.\u00a0 There are many other things that you can examine, such as how your organization gives presentations or how they produce client facing documents.\u00a0 But workplace aesthetics and the annual party are an easy and fun place to start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workplace Design Quotient Look around where you work.\u00a0 Try to take account of the Design Quotient (your DQ, like IQ) of where you work. 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