by Ethan Bodnar
Enchantment. The August Design Challenge
August 8, 2011 in August Design Challenge by Ethan Bodnar
THE CHALLENGE
Imagine an enchanting place.
Imagine it as a library.
Now imagine an enchanting experience.
Imagine it as library. Library as verb.
What is your experience in this enchanted place called library?
Your students’ experience?
Your colleagues’ experience?
SUBMIT
Share with us what makes each experience, each moment, an enchanted one in the Library of the Future. Put each user, each patron, under the spell of library.
Submit any one or more of the following:
Visual collage, 30 sec video, Voice recording, Narrative description of 300 words or less
Please submit below by leaving a comment.
Submittals are due September 9th Midnight EST.
All of the submittal will be archived and shared with the community on the Next Chapter website and at the National Summit in Atlanta September 23rd – 25th.
INSPIRATION
Guy Kawasaki talks of three qualities necessary for enchantment:
• Trustworthiness: The care for your client’s every need.
• Likability: Taking the time to know your client.
• Having a fantastic product and exceptional service.
To read more about Guy Kawasaki’s Enchantment, click here.
We believe it starts with user-centered design. Sculpting the interactions and behaviors necessary for a rich human experience. Scripting them, describing the sensory experience – what you ‘see’, what you ‘feel’, how you ‘interact’ – combined with mission and ethos these experiences are the ingredients of the magic of library. Crafting culture, service, brand and the environment.
devin moore said on August 19, 2011
Libraries must become a place for learning and doind, not just learning. Like hackerspaces but for all disciplines, not just electronics. What good is a book if you dont have the resources to apply what youve learned from the book? Its not possible to get a job unless you have practice really doing things. No one cares if you only read about it.