Creative Research Methods Speed Dating

Organised by Hippo

Elevate Your Research Game with Our Creative Methods Workshop!

Dive into our dynamic ‘speed dating’ workshop designed to introduce you to an array of innovative research techniques that yield rich, high-quality interview data.

What You’ll Gain:

Discover how creative methodologies can reveal profound insights and boost participant engagement, surpassing traditional approaches.

Workshop Highlights:

Experience six unique ‘dates,’ each showcasing a different creative research method. You’ll get hands-on practice with fellow participants, exploring techniques such as:

  • The Product Box: Visualise and conceptualise ideas in a tangible format.
  • Mapping: Create visual representations of data and concept.
  • Rich Picture: Learning about complex problems using sketching and drawing.
  • Photo Elicitation: Use photographs to prompt deeper discussions.
  • Vignettes: Employ scenarios to explore user behaviour, attitudes, and decision-making.
  • Walking Interviews: Conduct interviews in motion to gather natural, flowing insights.

Why Attend?

Join us to enhance your research toolkit with these cutting-edge methods, making your data collection process more engaging and insightful.

Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your research approach!

About the workshop leader:

Rachel Abbott is a Lead User Research Consultant at Hippo. Rachel has been a user researcher for over 6 years and has worked on government digital projects for NHS, Department for Education, Standards and Testing agency, Defra, Cabinet Office, and Ministry of Justice.

She has recently become interested in how creative research methods can enhance traditional user research in digital design teams, and recently presented “The Product Box: Making research tangible” as a talk at UX Scotland 2024 and UR Con 2025.

Event details:

This is a full-day in-person workshop. Drinks and snacks will be provided, but attendees will need to make their own arrangements for lunch.

Accessibility:

We want to make sure that everyone who wants to attend this event can do so in a way that allows them to participate fully and inclusively.

Our event space has wheelchair access.

If you have any access needs or adjustments you’d like to make us aware of in advance, please let us know.

 

This event is aimed at: User Researchers, UX Designers and User Centred Design.

Speakers Include:

Data, UI/UX/Design
02nd Oct 2025
9:30am - 4:30pm
Organised by Hippo
Hippocampus, The Brew Society, 26 Aire Street, Leeds, LS1 4HT
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