Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Research Design Thinking and Design Skills


What is ‘design thinking’? 
Design Thinking refers to the methods and processes for investigating ill-defined problems, acquiring information, analyzing knowledge, and positing solutions in the design and planning fields. As a style of thinking, it is generally considered the ability to combine empathy for the context of a problem, creativity in the generation of insights and solutions, andrationality to analyze and fit solutions to the context. 
Design Thinking is a mindset.
Design Thinking is the confidence that everyone can be part of creating a more desirable future, and a process to take action when faced with a difficult challenge. 
Basically Design thinking consists of four key elements:
1. Define the problem
2. Create and consider many options
3. Refine selected directions

What is creativity? 
Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others. 
Creativity refers to the invention or origination of any new thing (a product, solution, artwork, literary work, joke, etc.) that has value. "New" may refer to the individual creator or the society or domain within which novelty occurs. "Valuable", similarly, may be defined in a variety of ways

cre·a·tiv·i·ty

  [kree-ey-tiv-i-tee, kree-uh-]  Show IPA
noun
1.
the state or quality of being creative.
2.
the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns,relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful newideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality,progressiveness, or imagination: the need for creativity inmodern industry; creativity in the performing arts.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/creativity


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