Month: March 2020

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March 11, 2020

  • A reference to the quote “…the future of design thinking is about going beyond designing for today’s problems. Yes, empathy and experimentation are still musts. However, this future includes tools and methodologies coming from strategic foresight and futurecasting…” from “What is the Future of Design Thinking.” The illustration displays the important combination of empathy and testing as well as forecasting and strategic foresight.
  • A reference to “Human senses as an activating force. The process and competencies of designers can make ideas and problems more concrete, sensible and human.” from “The Future for Design is +” It touches on multi-sensory design that extends beyond visual sight.
  • A reference to the quote “They’ve made a conscious choice to be flexible, to embrace the uncertainty, and try to manage the balance between innovation and focusing on core business.” from “Design Thinking Is Not The Answer – Especially If You Don’t Know The Question.” displays the important yet ever shifting scale between innovation and design and business.

*Note: sources are listed within the images (at the bottom). Cards were made on Canva with the use of their library of fonts and elements.

Week 10 was very streamlined. We presented posters that related to our Insight Project. I found it nerve-racking, yet exciting. I was looking forward to receiving constructive feedback. I enjoy the ideation that comes about from the feedback process. Questions that I had throughout the entire process began to be answered the more feedback and input I got. While I asked individuals throughout my project a lot of the responses were mixed. Being in a room with designers helps bring to light new avenues that I had yet to discover.

From the Design Thinking and Process Innovation course, I learned that the balance between business and design is important, but consumers’ voice is ultimately powerful. Appealing to there multiple senses and personal narrative is worthwhile. It may take testing, researching, empathizing, forecasting, and a variety of other steps (the full design thinking process) but in the end, the effort one puts in can make a product more worthwhile.

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March 6, 2020

  • A reference to the quote from Ekaterina Walter, The Power of Visual Storytelling: How to Use Visuals, Videos, and Social Media to Market Your Brand. With emphasis drawn to the visual importance.
  • A reference to the quote from Ekaterina Walter, The Power of Visual Storytelling: How to Use Visuals, Videos, and Social Media to Market Your Brand. With emphasis placed on the concise nature of visuals.
  • A display of the quote by Dr. Howard Gardner “Stories constitute the single most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal.”
  • A visual display of capturing hearts, minds, attention, imagination, and interest.
  • A visualization of the word “adjectives.” Showing the form giving nature of adjectives. Adjectives are important in design.
  • Emphasizing the role of adjectives. It explains the nature of adjectives, made of concept and presentation.
  • A reference to utilizing skills possessed to properly display a design.
  • A reference to a quote by Brain Chesky “Build something 100 people love, not something 1 million people kind of like.”

*Note: sources are listed within the images (at the bottom). Cards were made on Canva with the use of their library of fonts and elements.

Week 9 was mainly a work week. I got a good deal of work done on the conception of my promotional poster. My goal is to design a simple but clear poster. I want to use clean lines that display the product but allow for impact. Some of the examples shown in class made me want to develop my drawing and sketching skills further. As of now, I plan to use Adobe Illustrator to create a poster but I am considering using a hybrid of sketching and virtual editing.

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March 1, 2020

  • A visualization of what the testing process feels like. One does many tests and get both positive and negative feedback. Though it is repetitive much of the feedback is meaningful and useful. It is a very important mode.
  • A depiction of the various product iterations in the refinement process.
  • A visual representation of convergence. At this stage it feels as though ideas have finally begun reaching their potential in the development process.
  • A visualization of “The Design Process, refining and going back to move forward.” An important pice of the process. Because sometimes you get a part right but mess up in other areas.
  • I was very interested in the design squiggle. Thus, this is a visual representation of the design squiggle shown as the word “squiggle” jumbled to start then gradually clarified.
  • A depiction of the variance in Prototyping versus Test Modes. Prototyping is more about fixing and creating and Test Modes are about breaking and solving.
  • A visualization of the quote, “Failure is success in progress.” (Albert Einstein)
  • A depiction of “Like, Wish, What if?” This process helped to converge ideas gathered throughout the feedback process.

*Note: sources are listed within the images (at the bottom). Cards were made on Canva with the use of their library of fonts and elements.

Week 8 was a meaningful week. We worked on testing and refining our prototypes. The testing process confirmed and realigned preexisting beliefs. Overall, it clarified my vision and specified user needs. All in all, I felt uplifted by the testing process. I did not enjoy parts out of class like getting consumers to test it, though it is very necessary. I enjoyed getting feedback, but I felt as though I was inconveniencing others. Because my product is a cup many were confused as to what to do with it. That said, I am glad to have gotten the experience and thoroughly believe in testing as it provided insightful feedback.