Skip to content
Designorate

Designorate

Design thinking, innovation, user experience and healthcare design

  • Home
    • About Rafiq Elmansy
    • Contact us
    • Privacy Policy
  • Design Thinking
  • Design Management
  • UX Design
  • Healthcare Design
  • Sustainable Design

Design Thinking Tools

Tools and tips about design thinking for education and organizations such as mind maps, brainstorming, six thinking hats, TRIZ, SCAMPER, starbursting, and more.

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

Read more
what is design
Design Thinking Tools 

What is Design? And What is not?

Designorate Team 02/16/202204/03/2023What is design 11 min read

What is design? We will explore design characteristics based on different scholars and practitioners to answer this question.

Read more
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

Read more
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 10 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

Read more
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

Read more
distance learning
Design Thinking Tools 

30+ Distance Learning Tools And Advices for Design Educators

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/16/202004/03/2023Distance Learning, Online Learning 15 min read

In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, many educational institutions have recommended their students to switch to distance learning or online learning to reduce the chances to get infected and

Read more
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

Read more
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

Read more
design thinking ROI
Design Thinking Tools 

Measuring the Impact of Design Thinking

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/10/201804/03/2023Design Thinking, design thinking ROI 6 min read

The term design thinking has been widely used to describe the application of design process’s characteristics and distinguish it from other development processes such as the focus of user needs.

Read more
Design Thinking Tools 

Why Companies Need to Apply Design Thinking

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 01/22/201804/03/2023Design Thinking 5 min read

Until the moment of writing this article, many companies are still having a lack of understanding the notion of design thinking. I believe this may be a result of two

Read more
brainstorming
Design Thinking Tools 

Why Brainstorming is a Waste of Time and What is the Alternative

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 08/07/201704/03/2023Brainstorming 6 min read

The notion of brainstorming was first introduced by the advertising executive Alex Osborn in 1939 and was published in his book, How to Think Up, in 1942. The basic idea

Read more
critical thinking
Design Thinking Tools 

Critical Thinking as a Catalyst of Change in Design

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/29/201704/03/2023Critical Thinking 4 min read

In almost every design project, we find ourselves trapped in a number of mindset obstacles that stands between us and building an innovative outcome. These barriers include presumptions, biased ideas,

Read more
creative problem solving
Design Thinking Tools Problem Solving 

Creative Problem Solving: How to Turn Challenges into Opportunities

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/18/201704/03/2023Creative Problem Solving 6 min read

What if we can turn problems faced in projects into opportunities? There are various examples show that understanding the problem and provide a creative solution for it can lead to

Read more
customer journey mapping
Brainstorming Design Thinking Tools Implement 

Visual Guide to the Customer Journey Mapping

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/15/201704/03/2023Customer Journey Map, Customer Journey Mapping 7 min read

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

Read more
the minimum viable product
Design Thinking Tools Implement 

The Minimum Viable Product and Why It is Important

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/09/201704/03/2023Minimum Viable Product 5 min read

It doesn’t matter how solid is your business plan and market research conducted before pushing the product or service to the savagely competing market, there are always unexpected surprises. The

Read more
systems thinking
Design Thinking Tools 

Design Schools Should Teach Systems Thinking and This is Why

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/11/201704/03/2023Critical Thinking, design education, Systems Thinking 5 min read

In simple words, system thinking means understanding the big picture of the current situation through recognizing its different elements, how they interact with each other from one side and external

Read more
design thinking
Brainstorming Design Thinking Tools 

How to Successfully Apply the Inspiration in Design Thinking

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/21/201704/03/2023Design Thinking 5 min read

In the last few decades, there were different models for the design thinking process that have been introduced such as the d.school design thinking, IDEO human-centered design, double diamond, IBM

Read more
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

Read more
design thinking
Design Thinking Tools 

How Design Thinking Reshaped Microsoft Products

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 01/04/201704/03/2023Design Thinking 7 min read

10 years ago, I used to be a Windows operating system user and always asked myself; why is it so complicated? The screen is full of functions with minimum consideration

Read more
service design
Brainstorming Design Management Design Thinking Tools 

No Good Service Design Without Good Storytelling

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 12/14/201610/09/2022service design 5 min read

The Human Being used stories since the dawn of civilization to as a method for communication, amusement, reflecting emotions, and telling their experience. Stories are a great tool to visualize

Read more
« Previous12345Next »
All Posts Loaded

Don’t miss it, follow us:



  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact us
Copyright © 2023 Designorate.com. All rights reserved.