I found myself tempted to skip steps.
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At times recording empathy can feel like a redundant process but it is nonetheless important.
Source: Design Thinking Process/Modes
Reflection and accountability is important to development. Looking at feedback from assignments is crucial.
Source: Slide 3 – Week 3 Overview
During the week we focused a great deal on observing behavior.
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Stories are connected to knowledge.
Source: “Knowledge is captured in stories…”
Mark Zeh, design leader at IDEO and Bose (Slide 7 – Week 3 Overview)
A visual depicting our story share in class–an important part of the design process.
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The theme of the importance of asking questions is reiterated. Who is an important question regarding the target audience.
Source: Design Thinking Process/Modes (Slide 9 – Week 3 Overview)
Displays how questions reveal a great deal. The importance hierarchy of questions and answers is displayed as it pertains to the design process.
Source: “Stories ask questions and delay the answer.”
Ellen Lupton, Design is Storytelling (Slide 8 – Week 3 Overview)
Week three contained a holiday (MLK day), thus there was only one day of class. What the lessons of the course revealed is the repetitive nature of the design process. Though sometimes it can seem redundant to record and carry out each step, it is crucial to follow the process. The empathy process is particularly important as it can help save time and money.
A special takeaway from this week is that patience is key. Moving forward I plan to practice patience so that I do not fall into the temptation of skipping steps within the process.
