To say group assignments are hard is an understatement. They are complex. Bringing a range of different people together with different views, for all to come together and complete a goal. As this was my second group assignment that I have undertaken at university, I can't really compare it to others. What I can say... Continue Reading →

With our prototypes all made it, it was time to test. To determine how we could test the prototypes we followed the Assumption Test template. It consists of first coming up with a hypothesis, which is what you believe the prototype will achieve. Then you write how you will test the hypothesis, next is the... Continue Reading →

Now that our group had come up with some ideas, it was now time to choose a few that would be prototyped for the next stage. It was probably one of the easier stages for our group as we had come up with most of the ideas and now it was time to make them... Continue Reading →

The defined problem. The next stage for our group was to ideate. We had come up with a definition of the problem previously which was ‘How to encourage young adults to balance their offline><online lifestyles’ and now it was time to think of solutions.' At the start we were a little stuck as to what... Continue Reading →

The next stage is define, meaning to make sense of the information gathered and to find out the real problem that needs a solution. Here our group talked about the real problem, what is was and how this determined how we moved forward with the stage. The problem had now taken a direction towards, ‘How... Continue Reading →

Assignment 2. A group project where we are going through the Design Thinking process and solving one of five topics of our choosing. Our group decided to solve the topic on technology which was ‘From a safety perspective, how might we encourage people not to stare at mobile phones?’ We would be following the Stanford... Continue Reading →

Not this simple. Let's say that you want to buy some clothes. What you would think is that you decide that you want some new clothes and then you buy them. The process is a little more complex than that. You have a whole journey to go through before you can even wear the clothes.... Continue Reading →

Who knew that something so simple as designing a wallet, could be the key to solving a great mystery. The Wallet Project was put towards my fellow class mates and I, by our teacher. It was an attempt to help us understand what the unit of design thinking was all about and the process in... Continue Reading →