Graphic designers are pretty cool. We have to admit that. Be it their dressing style, their attitude and most importantly their enviable gadgets. Large Mac monitor, wacom tablet, drawing sets, swatchbooks , iPad pro with pencil, humungous headphone, rock music and a proprietary coffee mug — the list goes on. The whole place is colorful and exciting.

平面設計師很酷。 我們必須承認這一點。 無論是他們的著裝風格，態度，還是最重要的是令人羨慕的小玩意。 大型Mac顯示器，wacom平板電腦，繪圖儀，色板，帶鉛筆的iPad Pro，碩大的耳機，搖滾音樂和專有的咖啡杯-清單還在繼續。 整個地方都是豐富多彩而令人興奮的。

There is nothing to be jealous about it, that is their working style. And UX design is interesting too. We are basically like Sherlock Holmes. Solving problems, connecting the dots, finding the missing pieces of puzzle and coming up with thrilling solutions. But the fun element is missing in the whole process. Since we involve other members in the team during the process there is certainly a scope for introducing the fun quotient. So, how can we have fun as UX designers?

沒有什么可嫉妒的，那就是他們的工作風格。 UX設計也很有趣。 我們基本上就像福爾摩斯一樣。 解決問題，連接點，找到缺失的難題并提出激動人心的解決方案。 但是在整個過程中缺少有趣的元素。 由于在此過程中我們讓團隊中的其他成員參與進來，因此肯定有引入趣味商的余地。 那么，作為UX設計師，我們如何才能獲得樂趣？

角色玩具 (Persona toy)

Get an action figure or a toy that somewhat resembles your persona. If it is not possible, take a cut out of a small scale version of your persona and place it near your place or in the meeting room. In the current situation, if you are having an online meeting then include him/her while discussing. A cute little persona buddy. No one can resist toys :)

拿一個有點像您的角色的可動人偶或玩具。 如果不可能，請從您的角色的小尺寸版本中剪出一部分，并將其放在您的位置附近或會議室中。 在當前情況下，如果您要進行在線會議，則在討論時請包括他/她。 一個可愛的小角色伙伴。 沒有人能抵抗玩具:)

表情符號，GIF和模因 (Emojis, GIFs and Memes)

Sprinkle some emojis, gifs or memes throughout your document and add your own flavour of quirkiness. It becomes a live and breathing document then.

在您的文檔中散布一些表情符號，gif或模因，并添加您自己的古怪風格。 然后，它就變成了一個活生生的文件。

“If a picture is worth thousand words then emoji is at least worth fifty of them”

“如果一張圖片值得一千個單詞，那么表情符號至少值得其中五十個單詞”

角色扮演或身體風暴 (Roleplaying or Bodystorming)

This exercise is about literally putting yourselves in the user’s shoes. It is a group activity and each team member can pick their character and simulate the user’s scenario. If you are designing app for the elderly put a glove on your hand and use the phone since the sense of touch decreases with age. Also you can apply any white cream on your glasses and use the phone to simulate the blurred vision. It also aligns the team members in getting a clear picture about user’s pain points and frustrations.

該練習實際上是將自己放在用戶的鞋子上。 這是一個小組活動，每個團隊成員都可以選擇他們的角色并模擬用戶的場景。 如果您正在為老年人設計應用程序，則隨著年齡的增長觸摸感會下降，因此請戴上手套并使用手機。 您也可以在眼鏡上涂任何白色乳霜，然后使用手機模擬視力模糊。 它還可以使團隊成員保持一致，以清晰了解用戶的痛點和挫敗感。

“購買功能”游戲 (“Buy a feature” game)

We have tried this game in our team and it is super fun to play. This is a group activity and can be played online as well. The amount of ideas you generate and different view points you gather is limitless. This game is a part of the exercises given in innovation games site.

我們已經在團隊中嘗試了這款游戲，玩起來非常有趣。 這是小組活動，也可以在線播放。 您產生的想法數量和收集的不同觀點是無限的。 該游戲是創新游戲網站提供的練習的一部分。

Take a product and list all the features need to build the product. It can be your current product too. But to make it fun and interesting create some bizarre product. Allocate some money for the features and overprice some of the features. Divide team members into groups. They are the customers of the product and give them virtual money to spend on the features. They have to negotiate with others as to why they need the feature. It keeps everyone engaging and time flies by once you start playing.It is explained in detail in their site.

拿一個產品并列出構建該產品所需的所有功能。 它也可以是您當前的產品。 但是為了使其有趣和有趣，可以創建一些奇怪的產品。 為這些功能分配一些資金，并高估某些功能。 將團隊成員分成小組。 他們是產品的客戶，并給他們虛擬的錢來花在功能上。 他們必須與其他人協商為什么需要此功能。 一旦您開始玩游戲，它就可以讓每個人都參與其中，并且時光飛逝。

撲克牌等等 (Poker Cards and more..)

Cards are nothing but fun. There are scrum planning poker cards, IDEO method cards, persuasive pattern cards, UX flowchart cards, behaviour strategy cards and many more. Any process - you name them, there are cards for that. You can engage the whole team with the cards and it is fun.

卡無非是有趣。 有Scrum計劃撲克卡，IDEO方法卡，說服性模式卡，UX流程圖卡，行為策略卡等等。 任何過程-您為它們命名，都有相應的卡片。 您可以與整個團隊一起玩，這很有趣。

Sketchnote (Sketchnote)

Sketchnoting is a great way to make the boring documentation process interesting. It is also refreshing for the team members to see a different format. Also visual images combined with text helps in better communication of the message as well as helps in better recall. Be sure to have the original documentation along with the sketchnote.

Sketchnoting是使無聊的文檔過程有趣的好方法。 團隊成員看到另一種格式也令人耳目一新。 可視圖像與文本的結合還有助于更好地傳達信息，并有助于更好地回想。 確保具有原始文檔以及草繪筆記。

虛構時間 (Pictionary Time)

Gather all the data points from user research and user interview and pick a few suitable for playing pictionary. You can take few points from your persona as well. If you can’t find anything for pictionary you can play quiz too. Give some prize at the end and maintain a leaderboard so that you can use the points when you play next time. Everyone loves scores and leaderboards. This will also help in developing shared understanding among the team members and make them think from user’s perspective. It is a win-win situation.

收集來自用戶研究和用戶訪談的所有數據點，并選擇一些適合玩游戲的人。 您也可以從角色中獲取幾點。 如果您找不到任何可用于字典的內容，也可以參加測驗。 最后提供一些獎金并保持排行榜，以便下次玩時可以使用這些積分。 每個人都喜歡得分和排行榜。 這也將有助于在團隊成員之間建立共識 ，并使他們從用戶的角度進行思考。 這是雙贏的局面。

These are the few ways of making the whole UX exercise interesting for the designer as well as the team members. If you have any other interesting exercises please share in the comments. Let’s get crazy!

這些是使整個UX練習對設計人員以及團隊成員都感興趣的幾種方法。 如果您還有其他有趣的練習，請在評論中分享。 一起瘋吧！

I am a UX designer and I reside online here: LinkedIn and here: Instagram

我是用戶體驗設計師，我在線住以下位置： LinkedIn和此處： Instagram