For students taking the “Design and Innovation Project” module at the Singapore Polytechnic, it has been observed that the most difficult step in the C-D-I-O process is the first step - “conceive”. The “Design Thinking” method emphasizes “deep user understanding” through detailed survey / observation of the end users, and subsequent analysis of the data collected. Can the Design Thinking method help students in the “conceive” step? This paper describes a “pilot/trial run” to use the Design Thinking method in conceiving project ideas. It also outlines the limitations / constraints of the method.
Pages:
9
Affiliations:
Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Keywords:
design thinking
empathy
ideation
Year:
2011
Reference:
Chong Siew Ping, Chua Kay Chiang, Christopher Teoh and Patrick Chow, “Integrating CDIO skills and technical knowledge from different modules in a project”, 6th International CDIO Conference, Montreal 2010. :
Tim Brown, “Design Thinking”, Harvard Business Review, June 2008. :
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Clive L. Dym, Alice M. Agogino, Ozgur Eris, Daniel D. Frey, Larry J. Leifer, “Engineering Design Thinking, Teaching, and Learning”, Journal of Engineering Education, January 2005. :
Richard Buchanan, “Wicked Problems in Design Thinking”, Design Issues, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Spring, 1992), pp. 5-21.:
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