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.

平面设计师很酷。 我们必须承认这一点。 无论是他们的着装风格，态度，还是最重要的是令人羡慕的小玩意。 大型Mac显示器，wacom平板电脑，绘图仪，色板，带铅笔的iPad Pro，硕大的耳机，摇滚音乐和专有的咖啡杯-清单还在继续。 整个地方都是丰富多彩而令人兴奋的。

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?

没有什么可嫉妒的，那就是他们的工作风格。 UX设计也很有趣。 我们基本上就像福尔摩斯一样。 解决问题，连接点，找到缺失的难题并提出激动人心的解决方案。 但是在整个过程中缺少有趣的元素。 由于在此过程中我们让团队中的其他成员参与进来，因此肯定有引入趣味商的余地。 那么，作为UX设计师，我们如何才能获得乐趣？

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 :)

拿一个有点像您的角色的可动人偶或玩具。 如果不可能，请从您的角色的小尺寸版本中剪出一部分，并将其放在您的位置附近或会议室中。 在当前情况下，如果您要进行在线会议，则在讨论时请包括他/她。 一个可爱的小角色伙伴。 没有人能抵抗玩具:)

表情符号，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.

在您的文档中散布一些表情符号，gif或模因，并添加您自己的古怪风格。 然后，它就变成了一个活生生的文件。

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

“如果一张图片值得一千个单词，那么表情符号至少值得其中五十个单词”

角色扮演或身体风暴 (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.

该练习实际上是将自己放在用户的鞋子上。 这是一个小组活动，每个团队成员都可以选择他们的角色并模拟用户的场景。 如果您正在为老年人设计应用程序，则随着年龄的增长触摸感会下降，因此请戴上手套并使用手机。 您也可以在眼镜上涂任何白色乳霜，然后使用手机模拟视力模糊。 它还可以使团队成员保持一致，以清晰了解用户的痛点和挫败感。

“购买功能”游戏 (“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.

我们已经在团队中尝试了这款游戏，玩起来非常有趣。 这是小组活动，也可以在线播放。 您产生的想法数量和收集的不同观点是无限的。 该游戏是创新游戏网站提供的练习的一部分。

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.

拿一个产品并列出构建该产品所需的所有功能。 它也可以是您当前的产品。 但是为了使其有趣和有趣，可以创建一些奇怪的产品。 为这些功能分配一些资金，并高估某些功能。 将团队成员分成小组。 他们是产品的客户，并给他们虚拟的钱来花在功能上。 他们必须与其他人协商为什么需要此功能。 一旦您开始玩游戏，它就可以让每个人都参与其中，并且时光飞逝。

扑克牌等等 (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.

卡无非是有趣。 有Scrum计划扑克卡，IDEO方法卡，说服性模式卡，UX流程图卡，行为策略卡等等。 任何过程-您为它们命名，都有相应的卡片。 您可以与整个团队一起玩，这很有趣。

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是使无聊的文档过程有趣的好方法。 团队成员看到另一种格式也令人耳目一新。 可视图像与文本的结合还有助于更好地传达信息，并有助于更好地回想。 确保具有原始文档以及草绘笔记。

虚构时间 (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.

收集来自用户研究和用户访谈的所有数据点，并选择一些适合玩游戏的人。 您也可以从角色中获取几点。 如果您找不到任何可用于字典的内容，也可以参加测验。 最后提供一些奖金并保持排行榜，以便下次玩时可以使用这些积分。 每个人都喜欢得分和排行榜。 这也将有助于在团队成员之间建立共识 ，并使他们从用户的角度进行思考。 这是双赢的局面。

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!

这些是使整个UX练习对设计人员以及团队成员都感兴趣的几种方法。 如果您还有其他有趣的练习，请在评论中分享。 一起疯吧！

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

我是用户体验设计师，我在线住以下位置： LinkedIn和此处： Instagram