Interview Them!
Use these open-ended questions to really understand how people experience desks every day.
Listen carefully. Ask follow-ups. Let stories unfold.
You can use these questions and feel free to create your own too!
Sample Questions
What do you like about the desks you use now? What bothers you about them?
Describe a normal school day when do you notice your desk the most?
Have you ever felt uncomfortable sitting at a desk? What happened?
Do desks ever get in your way? How?
What usually breaks first on classroom desks?
When something breaks, what happens next?
Do you ever share a desk? What’s good about that? What’s frustrating?
Where do you keep your bag or books during class?
Is there something small that always goes wrong with desks?
If you could change one thing about your desk tomorrow, what would it be?
If you could invent a “perfect classroom desk,” what would it do?
