Design Values exercise
Version 1.0
We can’t talk about design without talking about value, and this exercise will help you identify what you value in life so you can design products and services to serve those values.
ℹ️ An optional 5-minute video on how to use Slack
As the class watches this 12 minute video by designer Sebastian Deterding, take the quiz listed in the syllabus.
ℹ️ An optional related talk by the same designer: Memento Mori: Of Ethics in Digital Product Design
This list is adapted from the Ethics for Designers toolkit.
Experiencing excitement or heightened arousal
Feeling healthy, energetic or physically robust
Obtaining approval, support or validation from others
Experiencing pleasure associated with the senses, physical movement or bodily contact
Satisfying one’s curiosity about personally meaningful events
Gaining knowledge or making sense out of something
Maintaining a sense of self-confidence, pride or self-worth
Experiencing optimal or extraordinary states of functioning
Experiencing a profound sense of connectedness, harmony or oneness with people, nature or a greater power
Feeling relaxed and at ease
Building or maintaining attachments, friendships, intimacy or a sense of community
Promoting fairness, justice, reciprocity or equality
Giving approval, support, assistance, advice or validation to others
Keeping interpersonal commitments, meeting social role obligations and conforming to social rules
Maintaining order, organisation or productivity in daily life tasks
Engaging in activities involving artistic expression or novel though
Being unharmed, physically secure and free from risk
Meeting a challenging standard of achievement or improvement
Feeling unique, special or different.
Experiencing a sense of freedom to act or make choices.
Comparing favorably to others in terms of winning, status or success.
Engaging in activities involving original thinking or novel or interesting ideas
⚠️ Give the most important value to you a 10, the next a 9, and so on; you will not rank all values.