Design Thinking
For me - Design thinking is a mindset, a methodology, an approach, a curiosity, an opportunity.
I have already adopted the what if? How might we? concept towards my work and my discipline. It is not as easy in application as it is in theory and I found in both my projects for this course I got to a point where I felt like there was no problem anymore to be solved and that we were looking for something that was obvious. However it was through collaboration and iteration that new ideas and insights did emerge and it was in the end the process of defining our solution that the design thinking methodology was most effectively applied.
I have also learnt it is not always necessary nor appropriate to apply design thinking to a task. There are tools that I will not use again (eg: Affinity Map) because it confused me. There are tools that I already knew about and will use more often (eg: Perceptual map, 5 why's), and there are new tools that I have adopted to use in application in my everyday work(Empathy Map and the 'What if?' extensions of Million Dollars, 5 year olds).
Putting the Design Thinking theory into practice alone (task 1) and in a group (task 2) was extremely valuable for exposing the practicalities and improvisations that occur when floating new concepts and ideas. It felt reminiscent of my experience working in creative advertising and has been a wonderful reminder of the true creative process.
The full documentation process and submitted reports can be found on the link below
https://portfolio.adobe.com/84477d43-72e7-4a93-b994-3e2e07c35241/preview/stary-nights-looks-good-on-everyone
Links to animations and documentation process
Storyboard stop motion animation
Emblazon Logo
Bob Ross progressive art demonstration
Emblazon Blooper video
