Design Thinking
We Need a Mind Shift
In this video, Lewis Pugh discusses his journey to complete a swim in a meltwater lake on the slopes of Mount Everest. This journey taught him a radical new way to approach swimming as well as a new way to think about global climate change.Pugh learned two important lessons on Mt. Everest: Just because something […]
The Launch of OpenIDEO
Introduction to OpenIDEO / OpenIDEO.com from IDEO on Vimeo. This week, IDEO launched an open idea generation platform called OpenIDEO. It is a place where anyone, not just designers, can contribute ideas, become inspired and evaluate the ideas of others. The thing I like most about OpenIDEO is the fact that it uses collaboration to […]
The Four Phases of Design Thinking
The Four Phases of Design Thinking: Question. Care. Connect. Commit.
Inspiration, Brainstorming and the Creative Process
A collection of articles and videos covering the topics of inspiration, brainstorming and the creative process.
The Design Imperialism Debate
As soon as I wrote my post about Emily Pilloton’s Design Revolution Roadshow, my husband was quick to show me this article written by Bruce Nussbaum over at Fast Company: Is Humanitarian Design the New Imperialism? This article has caused quite a stir in the design community. At first glance, I found the article to […]
Design Revolution Roadshow: Changing the World by Design
What began as a tour for Emily Pilloton’s book, “Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People,” ended up becoming much more. Pilloton used her 2009 Sappi Ideas that Matter Grant to turn the book tour into a mobile exhibition with workshops and lectures geared towards inspiring the next generation of young designers and promoting the idea that design can have a positive social impact.
Design Thinking: A Solution to Fracture-Critical Systems
This interview with Tom Fisher, Dean, College of Design at the University of Minnesota, discusses the value of design thinking in solving many problems with “fracture-critical systems” that we have seen recently as well as the increasing importance of a design education.