Design Thinking Tools for Ideation
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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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.
How to Apply Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Framework
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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How to use Card Sorting to Improve Service Design
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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PESTLE Analysis and When to Use it
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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The Role of Storytelling in the Design Process
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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Visual Guide to the Customer Journey Mapping
According to the Digital Trend 2015 Report, customer experience is considered the most important factors to stand from your competitor in the business. This can be achieved only through understanding
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How to Use Task Analysis Grid in Service Design
Designers usually find themselves stuck in the communication with the other stakeholders in the project in order to understand the project challenges that need to be addressed. While they communicate
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Webinar: Prototyping Using Adobe Experience Design
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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Guide for 3D Printing Technologies
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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7 Steps to Create a Successful Journey Map
‘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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How to Create a Professional Creative Brief
In a previous article, we explored how top designers such as Tom Bassett, Frank Gehry, David Rockwell and Yves Béhar defined the creative brief. While there are many theories and
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Using Lego Serious Play as a Design Thinking Tool
Lego bricks extend their role as a play toy to contribute to design thinking inside large organizations through the Lego Serious Play tool. Design thinking is an essential process for
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