Child Phycologists and Designers Working Together

1. Form

1.1. Small, soft hands

1.1.1. easy to hold grip

1.2. Usable by adults and children

1.3. Human instincts

2. 'Involving users throughout the entire design process is invaluable' (White, 2016)

3. Co-design

3.1. Give crafts to children so they cancreate their own design

3.1.1. Understand their creativity, imagination and emotions

4. Characteristics

4.1. Colour

4.2. Simplistic

4.3. Clear

5. Kids need to be affirmed

6. Observing

6.1. Play

6.2. Interactions with:

6.2.1. Adults

6.2.2. Other children

6.2.3. Pets

6.3. What attracts their attention

6.4. First hand user research

7. Difficulties for designing for children

7.1. Designers have:

7.1.1. Life experiences

7.1.2. Habbits

7.1.3. Preferences

7.1.4. Bias

8. 'Kid products require at least as much care and consideration as the ones we adults use on a daily basis' (White, 2016)