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Objectives
▪ Make students use Design Thinking as a problem-
solving process.
▪ Help students describe the principles of Design
Thinking.
▪ Help students apply the Design Thinking process to
address a real world problems or needs.
▪ Enable students to understand that Design Thinking is
multi-disciplinary approach to provide solutions to
customer problems.
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Introduction
What does Design mean to you?
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What is Design Thinking?
Design thinking can be
described as a discipline
that uses the designer’s
sensibility and methods
to match people’s needs
with what is
technologically feasible
and what a viable
business strategy can
convert into customer
value and market
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What is Design Thinking? (Contd.)
▪ A method to solve problems
▪ Creating things that people want or need
▪ How things look, feel, and work
▪ Can be applied from simple to complex processes
▪ Not restricted to a specific field
▪ Not just visual design
Design thinking results in the creation of something
new. For example, a product, a process, or a service.
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Why Entrepreneurs Need Design
Thinking?
▪ See the world differently
▪ Learn from mistakes
▪ Learn not to kill any ideas
▪ Make ideas better
▪ Accept failure as much a part of the process as success
Design thinking simplifies thinking and helps you to
ideate on a solution to address a problem or meet your
customer needs better.
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UNDERSTANDING DESIGN
THINKING PRINCIPLES
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Design Thinking Process
There are five phases in Design Thinking Process. Watch
this video for a quick introduction to all 5 phases.
Empathize
Ideate Prototype
Learn about the Define
audience for whom Brainstorm and Build a
you are designing Create a point of come up with as representation of Test
by observation and view based on many creative one or more of
Share your
interview. solutions as your ideas to
user needs and prototyped idea
possible. show to others.
insights. with the original
user for feedback.
Who is my user?
What matters to What are their Wild ideas How can I show 8
What worked?
this person? encouraged! my idea?
needs? Remember: A What didn’t?
prototype is just a
rough draft!
Why is this Lesson Important?
▪ Students understand that Design Thinking can be used
in any field.
▪ Students understand problem-solving through the
Design Thinking process.
▪ Students experience solving customer problems and
being user-centric through the Class Activity: Backpack
Redesign.
▪ Students understand that this process encourages
creativity, resilience, failure as a positive experience,
and reflection.
▪ Students begin to think like designers. 9
Design Thinking
▪ Design Thinking is a method to
solve problems.
▪ Design Thinking process can be
applied to any field. It can solve
simple to complex problems.
▪ The process results in the creation
of something new for example,
product, process, or service.
▪ The Design Thinking process
involves following 5 key stages:
1. Empathize
2. Define
3. Ideate
4. Prototype
5. Test 10
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