Category: SID degree programme
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Design Thinking: A Powerful, Yet Imperfect Tool for Innovation
Design Thinking refers to a human-centered, iterative approach for solving complex problems, often leading to innovation. The process involves empathy, creativity, and experimentation, helping teams come up with solutions that may not emerge from traditional methods. Over a weekend learning experience, we delved into the nuances of Design Thinking, gaining insights into both its potential…
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Design thinking – There are no one-size-fits-all solutions
Reflection by Nikhil Agarwal, Heini Hutinen and Sahan Ganegama Design thinking has emerged as a dynamic, multifaceted approach to problem-solving, blending creativity, user-centered insights, and structured methodologies to foster innovation. Reflecting on the literature and discussions surrounding design thinking, several key insights arise, highlighting both the potential and complexities of this approach. A Shift from…
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From design thinking to design your life: Don’t think, experience!
Written by Linh Duong and Mira Airola. Do you know that Finland is in fact the forerunner in the service design field? Finland has the highest proportion of service and business designers, at least until 2016 (Adair, 2018 from LinkedIn Mar 9, 2016). Finland has the highest proportion of service and business designers (Source: Adair,…
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We all just love problems, don’t we?
Today we have all kinds of complex problems that need holistic solutions. Sometimes we do not even know what the problem is – so how can we ideate solutions then? A non-linear and iterative approach, Design Thinking, has offered a choice for solving complex problems – and impacted extensively the modern world’s innovations in business…
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Design for Humans
Design is the transformation of existing conditions into preferred ones. – The Science of the Artificial, Herbert Simon We, humans, are surrounded by an endless number of obstacles. From our evolution, we are designing new tools to deal with such obstacles. We keep on designing and optimizing such tools. We design, test, and iterate every…
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Unleashing your creativity – find your inner child
The myth about creativity The common misconception about creativity is that only some people are (or can be) creative. This is a myth and simply not true; everybody can be creative. Look at children! They have endless creativity and fun, why don’t we as adults? So, the question is, how do we get it back? As…
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Design thinking tools to make meaning from the mess
More and more non-designers know at least some design thinking tools when different organizations commonly use them. Design thinking helps make sense of complex problems, and what is most important, it helps people create new ideas that fit better consumer needs and desires. (Kolko, 2015) Design thinking is not an exceptional talent or a skill…
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Why do we need empathy in the design process and how to gain it?
Introduction to empathy Most of us can probably recall products or services where it is clear that usability has been so far off from the priority list that the product/service is unreasonably difficult or even impossible to use. What is needed that these above-mentioned mishaps can be avoided and services and products designed are actually…
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