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Ideate

This category covers the Ideate stage of the design thinking process. The tools in the ideate process helps to focus on defining the problem.

creative brief
Design Thinking Tools Ideate 

How to Create a Professional Creative Brief?

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 11/26/202311/27/2023Creative Brief 10 min read

Through my years of working as a designer, I understood two factors: the most crucial document that paves the way through the design process is the creative brief, and there

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Lego Serious Play in Design Thinking Process
Design Thinking Tools Ideate 

How to Use Lego Serious Play in the Design Thinking Process?

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/14/202305/14/2023Lego Serious Play 16 min read

The design thinking process is essential for companies who would like to lead the market through creativity and innovation, and proper tools need to be used to achieve this goal.

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design thinking
Design Thinking Tools Ideate 

Design Thinking Tools for Ideation

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/15/202204/03/2023Design Thinking 9 min read

The ideation stage is a key point in the design thinking process (Known as Define in the Double Diamond Process). It is where the problem or the challenge is defined. The prototyped solutions may not

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decision matrix template
Design Thinking Tools Ideate 

How to Use the Decision Matrix to Make Decisions?

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/29/202204/03/2023Decision Matrix 8 min read

Making the right decision is the biggest challenge that designers, managers, and innovators face, especially when there can be more than one possible choice to select from and multiple factors

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critical thinking
Design Thinking Tools Ideate 

How to Apply Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Framework

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/17/202204/03/2023Critical Thinking 8 min read

The critical thinking framework provides an efficient method for designers, design students, and researchers to evaluate arguments and ideas through rational reasoning. As a result, we eliminate biases, distractions, and similar factors

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Brainstorming Design Thinking Tools Ideate Implement Problem Solving 

The Double Diamond Design Thinking Process and How to Use it

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 09/02/202104/03/2023Design Process, Design Thinking, Double Diamond 15 min read

We explored the design thinking different frameworks in various articles, and one of these models is the Double Diamond design thinking process which the British Design Council developed. Like other

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Categories in card sorting
Design Thinking Tools Ideate UX Design 

How to use Card Sorting to Improve Service Design

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 08/19/202104/03/2023service design 9 min read

Service design follows the same design thinking processes that we highlighted in previous articles about design thinking. However, when it comes to the prototyping stage, there should be a coherent structure

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Design Thinking Tools Ideate 

Starbursting Technique: Evaluating New Ideas

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/19/202104/03/2023Starbursting 7 min read

Starbursting is another creative brainstorming tool with a different approach from other brainstorming techniques. When the team inside the organisation brainstorms new ideas using mind mapping and brainstorming tools, the

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PESTLE Analysis
Design Thinking Tools Ideate 

PESTLE Analysis and When to Use it

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/03/201904/03/2023PESTLE Analysis 4 min read

Finding a creative idea is only the first step in every innovation process, understanding the whole picture about business and forecast both internal and external factors that may affect it

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design process
Design Thinking Tools Ideate UX Design 

The Role of Storytelling in the Design Process

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 09/24/201804/03/2023Design Process, storytelling 6 min read

Storytelling is in the heart of our DNA as a human being, it helps us connect events is a holistic experience through time. This unique nature of stories makes it

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design thinking
Brainstorming Design Thinking Tools Ideate Implement 

Design Thinking Guide: What, Why and How

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 02/01/201704/03/2023Design Thinking 18 min read

For many companies, the design process is still locked inside a small creative room. Designers do not effectively contribute to building the business as the design is seen as a

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Adobe XD webinar
Design Thinking Tools Ideate 

Webinar: Prototyping Using Adobe Experience Design

Designorate 08/23/201605/29/2022Adobe XD 1 min read

In Designorate, we aim to spread the word for the broader role of the design process inside the enterprise and build a consumer-centered culture inside individual firms. Therefore, we will

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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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journey map
Brainstorming Design Thinking Tools Ideate UX Design 

7 Steps to Create a Successful Journey Map

Yumna Matar 04/28/201610/11/2022Journey Map 7 min read

‘Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes’ is a commonly used idiom. For a designer, however, it is an essential step in concept creation, research, and design. In order to guide

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