Month: February 2020

This week’s readings are good for learning why the prototype is important for the design process. We can get a connection with our target buyers by building a prototype with our target buyers. Furthermore, we also may meet more challenges and solutions during building the product prototype. I think consumer-centric and colleague-centric are the most important part of a prototype. I may also need to connect with the idea of “human-centered design” to fulfill the consumer’s needs. Moreover, prototyping deepens my understanding of users and the design space. After building the prototype, I should ask different users to get various answers and advice for my product, then I may refine some new solutions. I think the prototype is the main step to our design, and this step also indicates my ideas are working.

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This week’s readings are making me feel fresh. It is becuase I learn many new ideas from this week’s readings. For example, the article “Can 10 minutes of meditation make you more creative?.” I have not to think about meditation can improve our creativity. This article teaches me that we can take a short meditation before bed, this can help us to enhance creativity and innovation. Furthermore, mindfulness practice improves attention and makes it easier to register the novelty and usefulness of ideas. I also think the article “Better Brainstorm,” also makes me learn many new things. Most of us may hard to linger in a questioning mode, becuase we are conditioned from an early age to just keep the answer coming. Thus, I am so surprised in asking questions is so important for creativity. I should come up with more questions about my topic to have more deep solutions.

For this week’s readings, I found out most brands’ new products or services are connecting with work collaboration. For the article “Making Sure a Bank Stays Great as it Grows,” they provide opportunities for their staff to explore their ideas. This is the best way to plan, brainstorm, discuss and decide the ideas. Furthermore, Airbnb used “Snow White” this Disney movie to explore their new, design process. They would make sure “like are these hosts men or women? Are they young, are they old? Where do they live? The city or the countryside? Why are they hosting? ” I think this is an effective way to explore our creativity. When I meet barrels in design, I think this is a better way to solve my problem. There are many ways for us to choose, but I think there must have the best way for us to be successful.

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