Design Thinking
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CORE DEFINITION
Design thinking refers to the set of cognitive, strategic and practical procedures used by designers in the process of designing, and to the body of knowledge that has been developed about how people reason when engaging with design problems. Design thinking is also associated with prescriptions for the innovation of products and services within business and social contexts.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
Design thinking refers to the set of cognitive, strategic and practical procedures used by designers in the process of designing, and to the body of knowledge that has been developed about how people reason when engaging with design problems.
Anchor fast decisions
It starts with empathy to pinpoint real needs, uses a divergence-convergence cycle and rapid prototyping to outsource uncertainty to real user testing, and iteratively approaches the solution; human-centeredness and fallibility are its core.
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