Tag: design thinking

  • Service Design meets Futures thinking # 3

    A research based series of posts discussing the statement “Futures Research supports the Service Design process in multiple ways and throughout the whole process” by Minna Koskelo and Anu K. Nousiainen. Part #3: The Process Perspective Our two previous blog entries have been summarizing the purpose of our study and the main findings including the…

  • Service Design Breakfast #2 – Mikko-Pekka Hanski, Idean

    Figure 1. Service Design Breakfast, Idean 2012 How do emotions impact the design? How can design projects benefit from understanding the emotional rollercoaster? How can you become a better designer if you are aware of the changes in emotions throughout a project? How can you adjust your project plan based on that? In this blogpost…

  • Design Thinking: The Journey of Group 5

    Design is a central feature of our everyday life. But what is it? How do you define a good design solution?  Is it about aesthetics, quality or functionality? How do you develop the creative process and when can you consider yourself a designer? The discussions, lectures and exercises during the Design Thinking course were aimed…

  • Design thinking – easy and difficult?

    “I never design a building before I’ve seen the site and met the people who will be using it.” –Frank Lloyd Wright Design thinking is a human centred design method, transforming needs into solutions. Design thinking could be called as a mind-set, a way of using creativity to tackle design problems. How to solve a…

  • Design Thinking – Group Exercises to Train Your Design Muscles

    We formed one of the teams in the Design thinking course fall 2012, led by Mariana Salgado and Sanna Marttila.  During the course we were introduced to the main ideas and philosophy of design thinking, ways of seeing and understanding design as well as with various methods, project and cases from the multifaceted field of…

  • Hey, we are designing!

    The simplest things we do and all everyday items we use are made as they are by design.  We all contribute – sometimes unconsciously – to the outcome which is designed. Hands up, if you have thought about decorating your home or if you have done it to some point? Yes, at least some of…

  • Takeoff into Design Thinking

    There is an ever growing list of definitions for design. Some people agree with Nelson & Stolterman who’ve said that “Design is the ability to imagine that-which-does-not-yet-exist, to make it appear in concrete form as a new, purposeful addition to the real world (The Design Way)” whereas others prefer Tim Brown’s version: ”Design thinking is a discipline…

  • Service Design meets Futures Thinking #2

    A research based series of posts discussing the statement “Futures Research supports the Service Design process in multiple ways and throughout the whole process” by Minna Koskelo and Anu K. Nousiainen. Part #2: Synergistic Principles of Service Design and Futures Research We start our second blog post with where we left you in the first…

  • The nature of “innovation” is changing

    by Jane Vita, Sofia Nyyssönen, Tinja Lindförs and Tiia-Marina Silva The world is always changing and everything goes around adapting. Some companies that have more vision are already looking for the new market – we call them forerunners. These companies have a new vision and concepts in their minds such as design thinking, agile methods,…

  • Service Design meets Futures Thinking – IN ACTION

    Before our 2nd blog post for the series of Service Design meets Futures Thinking, we have a special news for you ! The first test environment for combining Futures Thinking with Design Thinking takes place in Helsinki in two weeks ! This is an invitation to all design thinkers, futures thinkers, strategic minds and innovative…