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Design Tools

Design resources include downloadable design and business tools that you can use during the design process and project management. These design templates are editable, so you can fill PDF directly and then share or print. Examples of our design resources such as Starbursting tool, SWOT tool and Creative Brief template.

New templates are added periodically and announced as a post and through social media for our followers.

De Bono Thinking Hats
Critical Thinking Design Tools Implement 

What Are The Six Thinking Hats? And How to Use Them?

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/11/202205/12/2022Six Thinking Hats 9 min read

Design thinking and group discussion are highly complex processes in which thoughts are shared, ideas bubble up, and others are buried. De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats technique provides a systematic

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Categories in card sorting
Design Design Tools Ideate 

How to use Card Sorting to Improve Service Design

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 08/19/202108/29/2021service 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

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Design Thinking Design Tools 

Starbursting Technique: Evaluating New Ideas

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/19/202105/13/2022Starbursting 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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mind mapping tools
Brainstorming Design Thinking Design Tools 

10 Online Mind Mapping Tools for Designers

Designorate Team 07/29/201503/21/2021Mind Mapping 6 min read

Exploring ideas or finding creative solutions requires identifying a link between ideas and the available information. A holistic understanding of the problem allows the assigned team to find the best

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da vinci creative thinking
Brainstorming Design Thinking Design Tools 

Inspired Lessons from Da Vinci’s Creative Thinking Methods

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/29/201505/13/2022Creative Thinking 8 min read

Leonardo Da Vinci was not only a master of art and science, but also known as a great thinker with an extraordinary ability to look at the world from a

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mind map art
Brainstorming Design Thinking Design Tools 

How to Use Mind Mapping for Better Thinking

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/21/201503/21/2021Mind Mapping 10 min read

During brainstorming meetings and problem-solving sessions, many outputs are shared and presented in fractals. Many of the design thinking methods we discussed aims to direct the attendees thinking towards a

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scamper problem solving
Design Thinking Design Tools Problem Solving 

A Guide to the SCAMPER Technique for Creative Thinking

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/10/201505/13/2022SCAMPER Technique 9 min read

Creative thinking and problem-solving are essential parts of the design process to turn ideas into innovation and break the barriers against creativity. One of the successful methods used in creative

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creative brief
Design Design Tools Ideate 

How to Create a Professional Creative Brief

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/02/201503/21/2021Creative Brief 10 min read

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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problem solving
Design Thinking Design Tools Problem Solving 

Problem Solving Using Hurson’s Production Thinking Model

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/27/201503/21/2021Problem Solving 4 min read

The ability to solve problems is one of the essential strong points inside successful organizations. Seeing the success of a companies’ innovation and creativity does not mean that everything went

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swot analysis model
Design Thinking Design Tools Implement 

SWOT Analysis: Exploring Innovation and Creativity within Organizations

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/23/201505/13/2022SWOT Analysis 8 min read

Innovation and creativity are considered by many strategists a key factor of business success and prosperity. However, only one from six ideas achieve the goal and return profit to the

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design thinking
Design Thinking Design Tools 

Design Thinking Tools: Reverse Brainstorming

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/06/201503/21/2021Reverse Brainstorming 5 min read

Many tools and techniques involve the design thinking process such as mind maps, brain dumps, group discussion, SWOT analysis, reversed brainstorming and others. Each of these tools has its own

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Lego Serious Play
Design Thinking Design Tools Ideate 

Using Lego Serious Play as a Design Thinking Tool

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 01/23/201510/30/2021Lego Serious Play 5 min read

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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