"Noticing" Workshop

This workshop teaches techniques and tools for noticing—seeing, hearing and comprehending something new. In a short series of exercises we’ll explore the observation process in an array of domains, from cognitive psychology to ethnography and drawing to data collection, with techniques for reaching that moment we all crave: when something unexpected and terrific bursts forward into consciousness. Participants should leave with their eyes opened to the inspirations and complexity that surround us, plus an individual "Noticing Plan" of observation techniques for making their next project shine.