Why Brainstorming is a Waste of Time and What is the Alternative
The notion of brainstorming was first introduced by the advertising executive Alex Osborn in 1939 and was published in his book, How to Think Up, in 1942. The basic idea
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Design Thinking Tools
Tools and tips about design thinking for education and organizations such as mind maps, brainstorming, six thinking hats, TRIZ, SCAMPER, starbursting, and more.
Critical Thinking as a Catalyst of Change in Design
In almost every design project, we find ourselves trapped in a number of mindset obstacles that stands between us and building an innovative outcome. These barriers include presumptions, biased ideas,
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Creative Problem Solving: How to Turn Challenges into Opportunities
What if we can turn problems faced in projects into opportunities? There are various examples show that understanding the problem and provide a creative solution for it can lead to
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Design Schools Should Teach Systems Thinking and This is Why
In simple words, system thinking means understanding the big picture of the current situation through recognizing its different elements, how they interact with each other from one side and external
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How to Successfully Apply the Inspiration in Design Thinking
In the last few decades, there were different models for the design thinking process that have been introduced such as the d.school design thinking, IDEO human-centered design, double diamond, IBM
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Design Thinking Guide: What, Why and How
For many companies, the design process is still locked inside a small creative room. Designers do not effectively contribute to building the business as the design is seen as a
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No Good Service Design Without Good Storytelling
The Human Being used stories since the dawn of civilization to as a method for communication, amusement, reflecting emotions, and telling their experience. Stories are a great tool to visualize
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Design Thinking: The Need for Empathy
The idea behind design thinking is to address the user problems and ensure that the user’s needs are in focus during the different design process phases. it does not matter
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Guide for Critical Thinking for Designers
In every single day in our life, we are faced with a number of choices to make, problems to solve, and ideas to evaluate or analyze. However, these activities are
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4 Service Design Tools to Focus on Consumers’ Needs
Service design aims to improve both commercial and social services by putting the consumer in the heart of the process. Therefore, organizations that aim to achieve success and higher market
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Service Design Thinking: Putting Your Consumer First
The design process involves multiple disciplines starting from the emphasize phase to the final product delivery. However, achieving a desirable design experience extends the borders of the product development to
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Webinar: Prototyping Using Adobe Experience Design
In Designorate, we aim to spread the word for the broader role of the design process inside the enterprise and build a consumer-centered culture inside individual firms. Therefore, we will
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Why You Should Move to a Lean UX and How to Apply It
Recently, the Lean UX technique has been highlighted as one of the user experience methods that privilege the Agile development method to overcome the cons of the traditional UX process.
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Practice Guide to Run a Google Design Sprint
The design process plays an essential role in achieving product success by ensuring that the user is at the heart of the development process and that the final product is
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How Design Thinking Approaches Problems
Design thinking is widely known as a strategy to successfully address complex problems and build products that address consumers’ needs. Many word-leading design companies, such as Apple, Microsoft, IKEA, Lego
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Guide for 3D Printing Technologies
3D printing technology is one of the rapidly growing fields that has been involved in different industries including, but is not limited to industrial design, product design, and medical implementations.
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10 Success Factors for the Experience Design Process
Experience design (or “user experience design”) aims to improve the usability and accessibility of the digital or physical product and thereby create a pleasant and effective experience while using the
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7 Steps to Create a Successful Journey Map
‘Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes’ is a commonly used idiom. For a designer, however, it is an essential step in concept creation, research, and design. In order to guide
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How to Conduct a Successful UX Research for Your Design Project
Lacking a clear understanding of the project target audience can prevent a design team from developing a product that fulfills the end user’s needs and expectations. Before starting a project,
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Design Thinking Case Study: Innovation at Apple
Apple is one of the leading companies that is renowned for its unique products and brand. A short talk with an Apple user reveals there is an emotional relation between
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