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design thinking process
Design Thinking Tools Problem Solving 

How Design Thinking Approaches Problems

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/23/201604/03/2023Design Thinking 7 min read

Design thinking is widely known as a strategy to successfully address complex problems and build products that address consumers’ needs. Many word-leading design companies, such as Apple, Microsoft, IKEA, Lego

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3D printing technology
Design Management Design Thinking Tools Ideate Implement 

Guide for 3D Printing Technologies

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/21/201610/09/20223D Printing Technology 5 min read

3D printing technology is one of the rapidly growing fields that has been involved in different industries including, but is not limited to industrial design, product design, and medical implementations.

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experience design
Design Thinking Tools UX Design 

10 Success Factors for the Experience Design Process

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/31/201604/03/2023experience design 9 min read

Experience design (or “user experience design”) aims to improve the usability and accessibility of the digital or physical product and thereby create a pleasant and effective experience while using the

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design in Egypt
Design Management 

Exploring Design in the Egyptian Creative Market (Infographic)

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/02/201604/03/2023design companies in Egypt, Design MENA, designers in Egypt 9 min read

There is an agreement between both scholars and practitioners about the important role of design and creativity in the following three fields: education, organization, and government. In a previous article,

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UX research
Brainstorming Design Thinking Tools UX Design 

How to Conduct a Successful UX Research for Your Design Project

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/18/201610/09/2022user experience research, UX Research 9 min read

Lacking a clear understanding of the project target audience can prevent a design team from developing a product that fulfills the end user’s needs and expectations. Before starting a project,

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Sony Walkman
Design Management 

10 Product Design Icons from the 20th Century

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/14/201610/09/2022Product Design 9 min read

Following the product design timeline during the 20th century, we can observe that design has evolved to focus on the function rather than the form which dominated 19th-century design movements.

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Time management tips
Design Management 

10 Time Management Tips to Improve Innovation

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/11/201604/03/2023Time Management, Time Management Tips 9 min read

Design and innovation are one of the fields that require a long time for investigation and brainstorming in order to formulate a new creative idea and evaluate its viability in

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apple innovation
Design Thinking Tools 

Design Thinking Case Study: Innovation at Apple

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/07/201604/03/2023Design Thinking 6 min read

Apple is one of the leading companies that is renowned for its unique products and brand. A short talk with an Apple user reveals there is an emotional relation between

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book-cover-thumb
Design Management 

Case Study: Amazon AWS Cloud Role in Fueling innovation

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/18/201610/09/2022Case Study 1 min read

In our new case study, we tend to investigate the impact of cloud computing service as an uprising technology to fuel innovation and creativity in companies working in new media

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Adobe XD
UX Design 

Adobe Experience Design CC: Taking the Creative Cloud to Prototyping

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/15/2016Adobe Experience Design 4 min read

As interactive and user experience designers, there was always the question: Why is there not a prototyping tool included in the Adobe Creative Cloud? Since the release of Adobe Creative

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design thinking in schools
Design Thinking Tools 

Design Thinking in Schools: Building a Generation of Innovators

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/10/201604/03/2023Design Thinking 7 min read

Observing today’s world can tell us much about tomorrow and what human beings need to meet future challenges. Along with the increasing challenges that we face everyday from economical challenges

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human-centered-design
UX Design 

Five Principles for Successful User-Centered Design

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/04/201610/09/2022User-Centered Design 7 min read

Look at the various products in our daily lives. Why do we love specific products while we get frustrated with using others? Why you prefer to use a specific brand

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inductive reasoning
UX Design 

Using Inductive Reasoning in User Experience Research

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/01/201610/09/2022inductive reasoning, User Experience 5 min read

Part of the design process is to build a deep understanding about users’ behaviors and how they tend to use products or applications. This can be achieved through user experience

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design business
Design Management 

5 Steps to Turn Your Creativity into a Successful Design Business

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 02/23/201610/01/2022Design business 6 min read

In today’s challenging economy, it’s harder to get a job as a designer in a company. Therefore, I tell my students to open their minds to different business models that

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IBM design thinking
Design Thinking Tools 

IBM Design Thinking Model: A Shift Toward Big Enterprises

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 02/18/201604/03/2023IBM Design Thinking 4 min read

Along with increasing market competency, companies are moving toward greater adoption of design thinking techniques as tools to put their consumers in the heart of the development process. The goal

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systems thinking
Design Thinking Tools 

The Six Systems Thinking Steps to Solve Complex Problems

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 02/09/201601/02/2022Systems Thinking 6 min read

A quick overview of common problem solving techniques indicates that most of these methods focus on the problem rather than the whole eco-system where the problem exists. Along with the

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Design Thinking Tools 

What Kills Design Thinking?

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 01/21/201601/21/2016 4 min read

Design thinking is one of the many beneficial tools that help individuals and companies to find new ideas through changing the way they think in different situations, including discovering ideas

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ux design process
UX Design 

Five Common Mistakes Committed by UX Design Teams

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 01/18/201605/28/2022UX Design 5 min read

Building a user-driven design process is one of the main targets of the UX design team, which aims to create a product or service design driven by deep understanding for

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critical thinking
Design Thinking Tools 

6 Steps for Effective Critical Thinking

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 01/15/201604/03/2023Critical Thinking 4 min read

On a daily basis, we face problems and situations that should be evaluated and solved, and we are challenged to understand different perspectives to think about these situations. Most of

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co-creation open innovation
Design Management 

Co-Creation: Placing the Consumer in the Heart of the Open Innovation Process

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 12/29/201505/29/2022Open Innovation 6 min read

Companies claim that adopting user experience research as part of their process to achieve innovation puts consumers in the heart of the process, yet many of them fail to achieve

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