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“Tell me a fact and I’ll learn. Tell me a truth and I’ll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.”
 
Storytelling has been around since time began – it was the way people passed down their history and legends before we started writing and storing things. The ancient Vedas are a compilation of stories which are handed over from race to another. Storytelling is a part of life, intrinsic to most cultures. Stories were found to stimulate the imaginations and thinking power of a child. Since then, fairy tales has been a hot favorite amongst children of all ages. Human stories create an empathic atmosphere of common understanding.
 
At TED – one of the most successful platforms for sharing stories the world over, people tell stories to inspire others and see it as an opportunity to engage with others.

Using Stories to create Softwares…

At Intelligaia, we love writing stories to help create usable softwares.

Software should empower people. It should make them feel in control. Not confused. Not lost. Interactions play a very important role in ‘defining’ a software or device. Thinking in terms of interactions using device/technology in different settings and environments sets the stage for initiation of the stories.

Interviewing the customer before we start work on a design project is an integral part of our design process. Client briefs are like stories, they have certain tasks which they want done. We create designs around these stories. It is important for the client to believe in our conviction of how to use these stories. To have trust in us to know what is good for their business in terms of design.

Decisions regarding design iterations vs design experimentation, who approves the final UI, scope for flexibility of timelines, our process opposed to other processes are facets of various situations that we handle as part and parcel of our design services.

We love to see the stories magically transform into usable software. Software that transforms the way the users feel and experience. Software that impact a million!

Each of our designs has a story to tell. Story telling is an art that we have successfully weaved into our design services.

Would you like to share a story or two? Who knows it may transform the way you think

Intelligaia was invited to conduct a 2 day workshop on UX (User Experience). The topics that were animatedly discussed were User Experience and Usability, Interaction Design  and Design QA. The importance of user experience, how will a real user feel after interacting with the software, website, animation, design or graphics created by the designers, how usability can bring a smile to the user; these questions were raised which evoked thought provoking responses from the students. The concept of ‘Interaction Design’ was introduced to the students and why thinking by sketching, building models, and expressing potential ideas using wireframes was so important was explained to them. The workshop also touched upon how to validate implementation of design. This was discussed by our QA Lead Rajiv Walia.

The attractive slide shows carefully prepared by our UX Experts Rajiv Kaul and Cheena Kaul as well as the  challenging exercises hit the right chords with the audience. Our team conducting this workshop for the budding artists/designers whose enthusiasm was infectious feel that these workshops really help in putting across concepts in an informal manner. After all what can surpass the satisfaction for the curiosity that you have aroused in the designers asking for more? We will definitely be conducting more such workshops in the future.