Eng Amr Mahmoud
Amr Mahmoud Design Thinking.
DESIGN THINKING MAKES IT SMARTER
WHAT IS DESIGN THINKING?
Term “design” is commonly linked with products quality and/or aesthetic appearance, the main goal of design as a discipline is to promote well-being in people’s lives. It is the way that designers perceive things and act upon them that has attracted the attention of management, opening new paths to business innovation.
Designers look upon any experience that is harmful (whether emotionally, cognitively, or aesthetically), or otherwise disruptive of people’s well-being is a problem (considering all aspects of life, such as work, leisure, relationships, culture, etc.). And so their main task is to identify problems and generate solutions for them.
The designer understands that problems affecting people’s well-being are of many kinds, which makes it necessary to survey the individual’s culture, context, personal experience and life processes in order to attain a broader view, so as to better identify obstacles and create alternatives for getting around them. By taking the trouble to conduct a thorough survey, the
Designer can pinpoint the causes and consequences of difficulties and be more assertive in seeking solutions. The designer knows that to identify the real problems
IS IT ONLY DESIGNERS WHO THINK THIS WAY?
No. Human beings are Design Thinkers by nature. It was common thinking that allowed for the evolution handmade stuff
In our civilization: so normal people already have given us very good example of changing their life style from collecting seeds and fruits to invent agricultures then making clothes and textiles then handmade material passed by machines to electricity then computers and all this has been done without even knowing design thinking so I deeply believe that any individual can create his own way of thinking and convert that to the society needs by watching the world and generating new solutions is a common human skill that only recently
DESIGN THINKING MAKES IT SMARTER
WHAT IS DESIGN THINKING?
Term “design” is commonly linked with products quality and/or aesthetic appearance, the main goal of design as a discipline is to promote well-being in people’s lives. It is the way that designers perceive things and act upon them that has attracted the attention of management, opening new paths to business innovation.
Designers look upon any experience that is harmful (whether emotionally, cognitively, or aesthetically), or otherwise disruptive of people’s well-being is a problem (considering all aspects of life, such as work, leisure, relationships, culture, etc.). And so their main task is to identify problems and generate solutions for them.
The designer understands that problems affecting people’s well-being are of many kinds, which makes it necessary to survey the individual’s culture, context, personal experience and life processes in order to attain a broader view, so as to better identify obstacles and create alternatives for getting around them. By taking the trouble to conduct a thorough survey, the
Designer can pinpoint the causes and consequences of difficulties and be more assertive in seeking solutions. The designer knows that to identify the real problems
IS IT ONLY DESIGNERS WHO THINK THIS WAY?
No. Human beings are Design Thinkers by nature. It was common thinking that allowed for the evolution handmade stuff
In our civilization: so normal people already have given us very good example of changing their life style from collecting seeds and fruits to invent agricultures then making clothes and textiles then handmade material passed by machines to electricity then computers and all this has been done without even knowing design thinking so I deeply believe that any individual can create his own way of thinking and convert that to the society needs by watching the world and generating new solutions is a common human skill that only recently