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Some thoughts on the The research process
2025-S2
V. Sri
My name is V. Sri
Writer and
designer
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Know your eternal questions
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try to make it fun
3
everything is a remix
Research
we are talking about
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Know your eternal questions
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try to make it fun
3
everything is a remix
To find your questions
search your curiosities
KNow your eternal questions
KNow your eternal questions
What are you drawn to?
obsessions
Desires
LONGINGS
COLLECTIONS
Fears
PET PEEVES
ANNOYANCES
crusades
KNow your eternal questions
I am drawn to communication
KNow your eternal questions
I like to take pictures of interesting signs
KNow your eternal questions
Questions
curiosities
Graphic design mixed with folk art
Creepy Black Mirror style sci-fi
Personal growth especially habits
Signage that exists to excuse bad design
- How do handmade techniques create different emotional responses than digital design?
- What happens when traditional patterns meet modern layouts?
- Why do some visual traditions survive while others disappear?
- How can design preserve cultural stories while creating something new?
KNow your eternal questions
Questions
curiosities
Graphic design mixed with folk art
Creepy Black Mirror style sci-fi
Personal growth especially habits
Signage that exists to excuse bad design
- What aspects of technology make us most uncomfortable?
- How do our tools change our relationships with each other?
- Where is the line between helpful technology and harmful control?
- What human qualities become more valuable as automation increases?
KNow your eternal questions
Questions
curiosities
Graphic design mixed with folk art
Creepy Black Mirror style sci-fi
Personal growth especially habits
Signage that exists to excuse bad design
- Why are tiny habits sometimes more powerful than big changes?
- What triggers lasting transformation in people's lives?
- How do our environments shape our behaviors without our awareness?
- What makes some people embrace change while others resist it?
KNow your eternal questions
Questions
curiosities
Graphic design mixed with folk art
Creepy Black Mirror style sci-fi
Personal growth especially habits
Signage that exists to excuse bad design
- How does language shift responsibility away from designers?
- When did explanation become a substitute for good design?
- What institutional patterns encourage Band-Aid solutions?
- How do small communication failures reveal larger system problems?
Strong questions are hard to answer
KNow your eternal questions
OBSESSION IS OK
KNow your eternal questions
NEVEr be embarassed about your curiosities
KNow your eternal questions
writing is about your point of view
KNow your eternal questions
ACtivity
Fill a page with your curiosities
start writing out some eternal questions or sub questions
Or
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Know your eternal questions
2
Try to make it fun
3
everything is a remix
try to make it fun
It's easier to write what you know
So make "knowing things" easier
try to make it fun
books
podcasts
magazines
VIDEOS
visual art
music
BLOGS
All that matters is that you follow your curiosity
try to make it fun
Never read more than 100 - {your age} of a book that doesn't interest you
V's law
try to make it fun
Capture
Organize
Distill
Express
USe the code method
try to make it fun
Capture
Capture ideas somewhere. Don't lose them!
Readwise
Instapaper
Are.na
try to make it fun
Organize
Organize your ideas so you can make sense of them.
Notes App
Obsidian
OneNote
Evernote
try to make it fun
Distill
Design notes for your future self.
This is my note on the CODE method by Tiago Forte.
try to make it fun
Express
Use your research to write interesting stories, articles, essays, poems, scripts, manifestos, etc, etc.
I express what I learn through a weekly newsletter.
ACtivity
write down your perfect research day
Or
Try to make it fun
Write down any ideas for how you want to "CODE"
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Know your eternal questions
2
try to make it fun
3
everything is a remix
1 hour but very worth it
You are on the hunt for juicy research nuggets
everything is a remix
it makes you tingly
it's a potential answer to an eternal question
everything is a remix
What makes a great nugget?
Book quote
My thoughts in my own words
The nugget
you
+ resarch
a remix
everything is a remix
Always have a point of view
the only way to be interesting
is to be interested
everything is a remix
ACtivity
Everything is a remix
combinE unrelated eternal questions Into unexpect pairs
Write down a list of things you're excited to read about
Or
My name is V. Sri
Writer and
designer
hey@lookandpoint.com
Thoughts on the research process
By V Sri
Thoughts on the research process
In which I talk about research for 25 minutes
