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Drawing from a blend of engineering, design, and sports expertise, the MeCaMInD method card toolbox presents an invaluable collection for designers. This toolbox empowers them to seamlessly weave movement-based insights into their work, refining conventional design strategies with our distinct focus on embodied experiences.

To tackle the complex challenges of blending design, physical movement, and technology, we've developed the MeCaMInD Movement Design Cards. These cards are organized into five categories: Mood Setters, Movement Methods, Movement Concepts, Modifiers, and Instruction Cards. Each card provides comprehensive information about its unique method, goals, and implementation steps.

To bridge the challenging breadth of the combined fields of design, sports & movement, and technology, we have developed an accessible and well-rounded toolbox of embodied design methods. This toolbox, a collection of Design Method Cards, provides a user-friendly approach to guide design activities. Each card details the method's goal, procedure, use contexts, constraints, and variations. They also feature visual aids such as videos, pictures, and graphics for better understanding.

The method cards are categorised into five types:

Mood Setters: Activities to set the creative mood for a design session, including icebreakers, warm-ups, and team-building activities.
Movement Methods: Design methods for sensitising designers, ideating, evaluating/polishing, or documenting solutions.
Movement Concepts: Chunks of knowledge from various fields to inform your design solutions.
Modifiers: Cards to tweak the current design activity or find new perspectives and solutions.
Instruction Cards: Detailed instructions for the various cards, facilitation guidelines, suggestions for music, physical props, and sketched design flows.

The method cards will be available in a method card toolbox and via our web service. We will provide sorting functions for planning design activities based on various factors like the time required, the embodied focus of the method, number of participants, and preparation efforts. Furthermore, we will provide guidance for facilitation and instructional videos.