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VALS is a proprietary psychographic research software used to segment US adults into eight distinct types using a specific set of psychological traits and key demographics that drive consumer behavior. Go to the VALS survey link to complete the survey. The survey link can be found under resources. Summarize your results of your primary and secondary VALS type. Do you agree with the results? (one page)

“Prototyping”

There are several things to complete for this assignment.

  • Define prototyping and provide a citation
  • Identify prototyping resources
  • Find a makerspace near you and write a few sentences about it including location and the equipment it offers (note that several terms may be used to define places and organizations that help people building things including makerspace, hackerspace, and techshop to name a few).
  • Report on what the Miami Middletown Library Makerspace offers to students.
  • Why is rapid and inexpensive prototyping critical to the design thinking process?
  • How might you go about prototyping for your final course project?