A Design Thinking Mindset (CET135)

This course introduces the idea of design as a model for innovation based on human-centric observation and prototyping. A design mindset is one that looks at problems and challenges from the users' mental models, and in designing the solution, to take into consideration the value created for them.

This course presents an introduction to the practice of design thinking. It covers the design process and case studies looking at applications of design thinking.

As an application-focused workshop, participants will spend much of the time practising design thinking concepts by working on a design challenge of their own choice.

Workshop: Participants will come together in groups to craft a design challenge (a problem that they would like to solve or an area that they would like to improve using design; they will practise framing a design challenge, design and carry out a plan for conducting fieldwork, synthesize learnings, and create and test a prototype.