TOOLKIT
Kit of research methods
Lorenzo Bacchin
What will you use today?
Any upgrade?
Theoretical Research
Practical Research
Literature Research
Interviews or Conversations
Direct Observation
Dérive (theoretical)
Dreams
Experimentation
Copies/Studies of masters
Embodiment
Dérive (practical)
Examples:
Magazines, Newspapers,
Articles, Books, Movies, Animations, Drawings, Paintings, Photographies, Sculptures, Installations, Music,
Videos, Podcasts
Examples:
Walking with no destination, Picking random books at the library (documentation is then made by sketches, photos, videos, recordings),
Examples: Sketches from real references, from images, from music, from imagination, with any tool.
Silhouettes, Moodboards,
Collages,
Automatic Drawing, Frottage, Pictures,
Videos,
Animation loops,
3D models and 3D Printing
Examples:
Shooting acting references
Examples:
Random doodles or collages (also while listening to music or conversations),
Exquisite Corpse technique, Sketches or story writing from people not involved in the project, sketches from AI
Practice:

Cultural Diversity
Practice:
Data Design