Category: Students’ stories

  • Using empathy as part of a creative process in Design Thinking

    Our assignment was to write a blog article in pairs reflecting on the topics discussed in the course Design Thinking. The two-day intensive course during September 4-5th 2020 was held by Katja Tschimmel, the founder of design agency Mindshake and the model Evolution 6² or E6² (2018), and our tutoring teacher Päivi Pöyry-Lassila.  In our group we used the model E6² to identify…

  • My first touch with design thinking and why it was so difficult to write about it

    My first touch with design thinking and why it was so difficult to write about it

    The journey of writing this blog post I have written this blog post so many times and felt so insecure and confused what to write about. The assignment for the Design Thinking course was to read couple of articles and books and reflect on your own learnings. Over and over again, I have read my…

  • The Rules of Innovation and Design Thinking

    by Tiina Salminen, SID19 student After the contact lessons in Practical Design Thinking I started to wonder the rules in innovating. Maybe this was because I was a bit surprised about the fact, how much rules there are in design thinking and innovating. When thinking of innovating, you don’t first think, that it is something…

  • Exploring emerging design for government

    Learning about an expansive field through running a meetup Gov Design Meetup London – February 2017 to now For the past several decades, the discipline of design has been mostly associated with the form-giving of commercial products. Only in the last ten years or so, the scope of design has expanded to strategic areas and…

  • Hackathons as Design Experiences

    Hackathons as Design Experiences

      I participated recently in two hackathons, Emotion Hack Day hosted by YLE and researcher Katri Saarikivi, and Climathon by Climate-KIC, hosted by Urban Academy. Hackathons are events that generate solutions to a challenge, and usually the solutions are technical in nature, like applications or programs. It seems though that the idea of hackathons has…

  • Future Service Design: Designing Solutions for Systemic Problems

    What kind of future is waiting for us service innovation and design students? How service design is transforming and what kind of skills are needed when working in the service design field in the future? These questions were discussed from several perspectives in the super interesting Palmu Society 10 + 10 event organized in Tennispalatsi.…

  • UX and Service Design: are they essentially the same thing?

    Since service design started gaining ground in business conversations, it is not rare to come across questions or comments like: “what do you mean by service?”, and “Ah, it’s basically UX design” or “Ok, but can you make wireframes?”. In facts, considering the increasing intangibility of products in the digital age, the distinction between products…

  • Innovating and Designing New Organizations

    Innovating and Designing New Organizations

    By Salla Kuuluvainen I participated in the Social Tools Conference organized by Pixelache Helsinki, an artist collective. I have been taking part in Pixelache events for a quite a while since I feel that they are a great source for finding out about ”weak signals” conserning the future and trends. Decentralization as Trend This time…

  • Design Process Three Ways

    Design Process Three Ways

    By Salla Kuuluvainen I participated in Dash Design – an event that was preparation for Europe’s largest hackathon DASH. In Dash Design we heard from three companies and their take on design process: Smartly.io, Pentagon Design and Iittala. What became quite clear at the event was that the design process can look very different and…

  • A beginner’s guide to Design Thinking

    by Jenny Kurjenniemi Simply put, Design Thinking is a process for creative problem-solving. This means solving any kind of problem, from how to secure clean water supply in developing countries, to how to create the kind of service that people will be interested in and gain financial value for the innovation. It’s good to understand…