This week, we delved deeper into how to practice empathy, and think of design in new ways. The readings provided insight into how one can implement more empathy into their design thinking from investing in a project that you are passionate about, or love the concept or person you are designing it for. The readings also chronicled how utilizing inspiration from others, in terms of improvisation, influence, collaboration, and even structure and requirements can unleash a new way of thinking. The video for this week’s content was interesting in that it discussed how design has developed over time and how it became smaller and concerned with aesthetics, whereas design can be anything and everything we know is ripe to be re-designed.
