Thursday, January 29, 2015

Name Card - Define

Challenges:

  • 3-D
  • involve origami
  • express music without sound

Name Card - Empathize - Dig Deeper

Hobbies
Instruments= violin
Favorite food
sports
favorite animal= cat
culture
favorite class= math
type of music= classical
stuff to do in free time= origami
languages
color= black and blue
place you've been= empire state

Name Card - Empathize

Hobbies
Instruments
Favorite food
sports
favorite animal
culture
favorite class
type of music
stuff to do on free time
languages
color

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Week 1: The Design Thinking Process

The design thinking process is a systematic way to create a finished product or efficiently solve an issue. It can be adapted to suit many different situations and can be helpful if used correctly.

In the first step, empathize, learn about the needs of the user and craft the product based on those needs. Interview your user first and document all responses so you can work off of them. Next, filter through all the responses that were recorded and "dig deeper", mark all the important parts that are believed to be necessary to create a satisfactory end result.

The second step of designing is to define; make a list of problems that may occur and any challenges that you must overcome. Explore different ways to better your product and make it more to your user's needs. For the third step, ideate your plans for the product by creating some sketches and asking for feedback. Feedback should come from the point of view of the user and follow all his/her needs.

The fourth step in design thinking is to prototype. Based on the sketches that were created in the previous stage, make a simple prototype of the finished product for testing.

In the last step, test your prototype and find areas that are in need of improvement. For the best possible end result, check back to previous steps and add onto the product to benefit the user.