Tag: innovation

  • From Tools to Confidence – Learning Design Thinking by Doing It Together

    From Tools to Confidence – Learning Design Thinking by Doing It Together

    We started the course with different ideas about Design Thinking and ended with a much broader understanding of it. Through hands-on exercises, teamwork and reflection, we learned how empathy, experimentation and collaboration can turn uncertainty into learning, ideas and new possibilities.

  • Does AI Make Us More Creative or Just Faster?

    Does AI Make Us More Creative or Just Faster?

    Written by Iryna Ilyuchyk & Tanjid Hossain During our Design Thinking workshop, Katja Tschimmel introduced the idea of Design Thinking 4.0, where humans and AI work together in the creative process. We agreed not to use AI during ideation. We first explored the problem and generated ideas ourselves, while AI was allowed later, during prototyping.…

  • 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…

  • What Do Groceries and Shoes Have to Do with Design Thinking?

    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…

  • From Confusion to Creation: Our Design Thinking Journey at Laurea

    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…

  • Turning Creativity into tangible Solution

    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…

  • 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…

  • From Problem to Possibilities-The Journey Of Design Thinking

    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…

  • Our Design Thinking Journey: Think Outside the box

    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…

  • Beyond the Sticky Notes: What Design Thinking Actually Means Today

    Beyond the Sticky Notes: What Design Thinking Actually Means Today

    Written by Nirmal Shrestha & Kiran Timalsina Have you ever questioned why certain businesses are able to repeatedly develop goods that go off perfectly with consumers? This success often comes down to a well-known trendy phrase: Design Thinking. But what does this idea really mean? In order to figure out how this idea is both…