Tag: education
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From Tools to Mindset: What Two Days of Design Thinking Taught Us
Written by: Md Shanaullah Shihab & Pratiksha Ghimire Design Thinking | Reflection | Learning The contact sessions on 4–5 September gave us an opportunity to look at Design Thinking (DT) not simply as a collection of tools, but as a different way of understanding and approaching challenges. The discussions, learning activities, and reflections helped us…
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What Do Groceries and Shoes Have to Do with Design Thinking?
Written by: Olukayode Adebiyi & Kirsti Earl Our design thinking journey began from different perspectives. During Laurea’s second-phase admission process, we took part in a group discussion about how artificial intelligence is shaping our world. Kirsti saw many possibilities in AI while also noting that how we use it matters. Olukayode was more cautious about…
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From Confusion to Creation: Our Design Thinking Journey at Laurea
–Niraj Adhikari and Jay Naresh Chaudhary What happens when you walk into a class with no clear task—and walk out having built a service prototype? That was exactly our experience during two intensive and eye-opening days in the Design Thinking and Creativity course at Laurea University. At first, the ambiguity was uncomfortable. There were no…
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Turning Creativity into tangible Solution
Written by; Durga Shahi Thapa, Sabita Shrestha & Vijay Pulami Magar Why do some products do really well when others fail? How do you find what is needed in the market? What makes a product sellable? Are you sure the “idea” currently in your mind is the best you can do? How will you implement…
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Innovating Learning with Design Thinking: Empathy to Prototype
– Sharada Bhandari & Amrit Dhakal Technology should not be conceptualized as the seed of innovation; it provides the suitable conditions that are most essential for innovative ideas to emerge and develop. Moreover, after understanding human frustration, we will be able to examine the existing technological aspects and identify how we can use the existing…
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From Problem to Possibilities-The Journey Of Design Thinking
Written By: Nishma Basnet & Sagar Bhandari “The approach, once used primarily in product design, is now infusing corporate culture” by Jon Kolko Design Thinking is a human-centered method that change the way of understanding and solving problems. This approach was discussed during the contact sessions on 9-10 March, where we carried out practical exercise…
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Our Design Thinking Journey: Think Outside the box
By Nikesh Thapa & Tripti Sapkota Vijay Kumar states, “Innovation begins with understanding people.” In modern epoch, we are facing many new challenges, so we need new and creative solutions. Design thinking is a useful method that helps people solve problems in a creative way. It focuses on innovation, people, environment, and continuous improvement. Designers…
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Thinking Like a Designer: What Design Thinking Taught Us
Written by Sundar Lamsal and Hemanta Lamsal Did you ever ask yourself how some ideas become solutions which really reach a point of contact? This is the point to which design thinking belongs. At the contact sessions, we did not only learn the theory but we went through the process. We started to grasp the…
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From Insights to Innovation: Exploring Design Thinking Through Practice and Reflection
Written By Juneli Dangol and Mirza Mahamudul Hasan At first, design thinking (DT) appeared to us as a structured method used mainly by designers. However, during the contact sessions on 9–10 March, our understanding evolved through hands-on activities and collaboration. Through interviewing, idea generation, clustering, and prototyping, we experienced DT as an iterative, human-centred approach…
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Setting the stage for creative freedom
By Heidi Aho, Shahida Parvin, & Eduardo Solorzano Tejeda. Design Thinking (DT) and Innovation require a lot of creativity. Creativity is often described as a spark of inspiration, but it is far more complex and deeply human. It happens at the intersection of emotions, environments, and culture. To truly nurture creativity, we need to look…
