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The Design Thinking Process

   

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Self-Reflection
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Running Head: ReportIntroduction: This reflective writing has been compiled to outline and understand the knowledge that I have gained by studying the subject Design Thinking as a part of my curriculum, and the knowledge that I have gained through this study over a period of 12 weeks. My expectations from this course initially were to learn to think in an innovative way and gain a perspective to solve real life problems with the help of a new thinking approach. However, this course helped me in not just thinking about the problems in an innovative way but also implementing this different approach of problem solving with both empathy and immersion. This course was not just theoriesand their explanation, but also made us push through our comfort zones and do the things that made us continuously test our limits. From the introductory lecture of the course to the last class that was taken for Design Thinking, there were a number of activities that we were asked to carry out that helped us in our personal development and better understanding of the subject [ CITATION PRS14 \l 1033 ].This course not only expanded my knowledge in the field of design and ideas development, but also helped me in growing as a person by learning essential life skills for success in the professional world, like communication skills, teamwork, collaboration etc. This reflective report is a critical self analysis of the learning that I got in this course through the course curriculum. The various entrepreneurial activities that we were asked to carry out within this course help me in gaining insights about my own understanding and knowledge and the various concepts of Design Thinking and its application in the entrepreneurial field. This report concludes with the action plan for the development of any skills that I plan to acquire and the activities that I need to carry out in order to do that planned to be done over a period of next 6 months.Self-analysis and reflection: Over the course of the study of the subject of Design Thinking my idea about designing, and the approach that we need to take for this has evolved. These 1
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Running Head: Reporttwelve weeks of the curricular studies, and all the activities that we carried out during the course helped me in not just understanding the subject better, but also guided me towards becoming more of a doer and implementer, than simply planning theoretically and in our minds.The first week of the course itself was an eye opener, and a clear introduction into what we were going to study for this entire subject. Instead of simply explaining the theories and giving out the information related to the course, we were asked to create a blog and update it regularly beginning from the first week itself [ CITATION Bro07 \l 1033 ]. We also learnt about the various communication devices and were asked to design a poster as per our understanding of these devices in order to foster our innovative streak and help us in gaining a different approach to the thinking and designing possibilities. The exchange of Ideas by studying the posters made by each of the groups in the class did not just made us appreciate the talent of the other student groups and their way of thinking, but also made us think about the areas where improvement is required and of the communication that we carry out through various designing activities and tasks like this. For me, designing is about creating something with its own uniqueness, its own style, and its own identity. Often these designs will present a solution to a specific design problem. Although design problems can besimilar, no two design problems are exactly the same, and so, it follows that no two design solutions are exactly the same. Within the design process we see that the methods and strategies we use differ according to the design problem [ CITATION Cha15 \l 1033 ]. Designers develop their own individual design style using methods and techniques that they are most proficient and comfortable with. This guides their decision making during the designprocess, but ultimately, the process they use is determined by whatever methods successfully achieve a design solution. It is exactly this indeterminate structure of designing which makes modelling the design process such a difficult task. The ability to bend and adapt to different design problems, by creating new and innovative design solutions, is what makes a successful2
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Running Head: Reportdesigner. This is where knowledge of the design process, in particular our own design process, gives us a “self-awareness” and an ability to approach design problems with a fresh, yet informed, perspective.The design thinking process: Designing as a process is done for either aesthetic reasons, or to provide a solution to a problem by adopting an artistic point of view. The basic steps that are followed in the process of designing can we narrowed down to - thinking, reasoning, deduction and logic. The basic questions that this design thinking process will help us in answeringare what the product being designed is, and what are its functionalities? The possibilities that the product design and applications have presently, and their future implications with innovation, and all the possibilities of the application of these products. Thethird question that we aim to tackle with the designing process is what makes a product stand apart, and what wows the customer in order to attract them towards the product. Every product that is designed for innovation should be extraordinary and different from any other product serving the same efficacy. The fourth question of product designing aims to tackle what works in the designing of the product, and what the principles used for the same have different in the factors from the theoretical conception [ CITATION Gua10 \l 1033 ]. The designing process was better understood and experienced with the help of this course.Designing helps in creating a richer experience for the users and helps in finding the solution of problems that are not routine. Designing involves producing novel solutions for the problems that do not have a clear and predefined method of their solution, and therefore require more than simply the knowledge and strategies. The process of design thinking helps us in reflecting upon the designing process, and aims at explaining all the components involved with the designing of a product. There are various intricacies involved in Design Thinking, and applying the theories learnt in this course can help us become more aware of 3
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