Tag: design thinking principles

  • Breaking the ice on Design and Design Thinking 

    Don’t worry if you are not familiar with the concept of design thinking, here you will get your first dose of design thinking vocabulary! Before starting our Masters degree program in Service Innovation and Design, the concept of design thinking was vague and unclear also to us. Once the first Design Thinking Master class held…

  • Is Design Thinking the right approach for every development project?

    Heljä FranssilaFirst-year SID student and comms professional The first three-day study phase focusing on the basics of Design Thinking left me inspired, yet somewhat confused. When going back home after our last day together, I could not help wondering if design thinking really is a method we can use for every development project. Under the…

  • Learning the essence of Design Thinking process

    “There is no universal best DT process model, the choice innovation managers make depends on their disciplinary background and their personal taste.” says Katja Tschimmel in her article about Design Thinking process models and tools (Tschimmel 2012, 11). And this is also what she tells us listeners during our first hours of Design Thinking course…

  • Educating the Design Thinkers of Tomorrow

    My Daughter My first-born started her school journey this autumn. It’s the same school that I attended 30 years ago, a respected and multicultural school, back then quite a traditional one – discipline based, classroom centric, the teacher standing in front of the class, the pupils listening. It still is a good school, but I…