<ul><li>What are the distinct activities, behaviors, and emotions you’re looking to research? (ex: buying new equipment for a gaming computer)</li><li>Write down a setting or situation where you might observe this activity, behavior, or emotion. it could be similar/parallel activities. (ex: getting a new sword/custom for your character)</li><li>Do many observations by doing many visits, could be online or offline.</li><li>When you make your visit, pay close attention to <strong>what it is you’re seeking to understand, but remain open to all kinds of other inspiration.</strong></li></ul>

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<img alt="0 analogous inspiration 575x575" src="https://design-kit-staging.s3.amazonaws.com/procedures/transparent_cover_images/000/000/006/index/0_Analogous_inspiration_575x575.png?1410465886" width="176" height="115"><h3>To get a fresh perspective on your research, shift your focus to a new context.</h3><div data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="left" data-procedure-id="6">+</div><h2>Stats</h2><h5>Suggested Time</h5><p>30-60 Minutes</p><h5>Level of Difficulty</h5><p>Moderate</p><h5>Materials Needed</h5><p>Pens, paper, large paper, camera</p><h5>Participants</h5><p>Design team, contact in the analogous setting</p><h2>Process Phase</h2><img src="https://d1r3w4d5z5a88i.cloudfront.net/assets/process-phase-inspiration-d171fd2735d151f9e0335048818adb0c.png" width="176" height="206"><p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.ideo.org/" dir="ltr">IDEO.org</a> teams are often led by their intuition to take creative leaps. It may feel silly to visit an Apple store when you’re designing for those living in difficult circumstances, but you may unlock the key to a memorable customer experience or a compelling way to arrange products. Analogous Settings can help you isolate elements of an experience, interaction, or product, and then apply them to whatever design challenge you’re working on. Besides, getting out from behind your desk and into a new situation is always a great way to spur creative thinking.</p><h2>Steps</h2><OL><LI>On a large sheet of paper, list the distinct activities, behaviors, and emotions you’re looking to research.</LI><LI>Next to each one, write down a setting or situation where you might observe this activity, behavior, or emotion. For example, if the activity is “use a device at the same time every day,” parallel situations might be how people use alarm clocks.</LI><LI>Have the team vote on the site visits &nbsp;that they would like to observe for inspiration and arrange for an observation visit.</LI><LI>When you make your visit, pay close attention to what it is you’re seeking to understand, but remain open to all kinds of other inspiration.</LI></OL><img src="https://d1r3w4d5z5a88i.cloudfront.net/assets/social-transparent-facebook-33e7d2185612a0e2aa3ff48b292bedee.png" width="18" height="23">

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<p><a href="http://www.ideo.org/">IDEO.org </a>teams are often led by their intuition to take creative leaps. It may feel silly to visit an Apple store when you’re designing for those living in difficult circumstances, but you may unlock the key to a memorable customer experience or a compelling way to arrange products. Analogous Settings can help you isolate elements of an experience, interaction, or product, and then apply them to whatever design challenge you’re working on. Besides, getting out from behind your desk and into a new situation is always a great way to spur creative thinking. </p>

<ol><li>On a large sheet of paper, list the distinct activities, behaviors, and emotions you’re looking to research. </li><li>Next to each one, write down a setting or situation where you might observe this activity, behavior, or emotion. For example, if the activity is “use a device at the same time every day,” parallel situations might be how people use alarm clocks. </li><li>Have the team vote on the site visits  that they would like to observe for inspiration and arrange for an observation visit. </li><li>When you make your visit, pay close attention to what it is you’re seeking to understand, but remain open to all kinds of other inspiration. </li> </ol>

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