#dmmf15

[littlehelli]

Data visualisation from talking to people at the Derby Mini Maker Faire last Saturday.

Where there are more lines on the points in the outer circle, there were more requests for the content/features. Basic information such as opening times and how to get to the museums were popular, along with finding out about events, exhibitions, talks and family-friendly activities. The people that we spoke to at the Mini Maker Faire were mostly families so there was a bias in this area.

[peteclark]

We had a great time conducting user research for the new @derbymuseums website at #dmmf15 today. Thanks to everyone who stopped to help us. (at Derby Silk Mill)

[peteclark]

Lots of exciting #makerprep going on at #dmmf15 @MakerFaireDerby (at Derby Silk Mill)

[dmwebsiteproject]

Conducting research at Derby Mini Maker Faire 2015

An idea came up in the project kick off meeting that we could attend the Derby Mini Maker Faire this year to conduct some research. The DMMF is a day-long event at Derby Silk Mill which brings together all sorts of interesting people working on diverse projects including robotics, yarn bombing, book making and lots of other stuff.

Our aim will be to ask makers and members of the public what they think a museum is, and what it should be. We’ll be aiming to find out why people visit and what they need from the new website. We’ll also be inviting people to wireframe some pages of the site to learn part of the process for making a website.

Hopefully this will all lead to some interesting and useful insights which can feed into the next stage of the project!

Pete