LOOKING FOR FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF DESIGN THINKING
DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference
Year: 2016
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad, Skec Stanko
Author: Rosa, M.; Rozenfeld, H.
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN INNOVATION
Page(s): 1115-1124
Abstract
Design thinking (DT) is referred to as a new paradigm to support innovation. Identifying the fundamental elements of DT may help to characterize it and integrate it with design processes. The aim of this research is to be a first step towards identifying the fundamental elements of DT. After determining element categories, a content analysis with DT methodologies was performed. This work is part of a more comprehensive research, which intends to identify when in the design process DT may support innovation and to insert DT elements in the design process to make it more user-centred.
Keywords: design thinking, design methods, design process