If you are designers you could hear about this approach to design. It’s a method of creating innovative products and services based on deep understanding of the problems and needs of users. In Poland it is relatively new but it’s really popular in United States. I heard about it for the first time from my colleagues from work who are User Experience Designers, but this methodology is useful for all designers and inventors. Design thinking can be applied in every industry.
For this reason I was interested in Elise Roy’ s lecture on TED. She talked about design thinking for disabled people. Roy has been deaf since the age of ten. She is a disability rights lawyer, she fights for more open, accessible world for disabled people. She said “Designing for extremes, creates solutions that are better than when we design for the norm. And people with disabilities are great examples of extreme users.” She shows us that designing for people with disabilities can help us make better solutions for all people! Did you know that text messaging was originally intended for deaf people and now it’s used by everyone? She gives more examples of solutions designed for the disabled and now used by a larger group of users.
In my opinion it’s a great approach. She tells us that we don’t care about failures but fail hard and try harder, because this will allow us to improve our projects and motivate ourselves to look for innovative solutions. For me, her speech is very inspirational J
Link to the lecture Elise Roy: https://www.ted.com/talks/elise_roy_when_we_design_for_disability_we_all_benefit?language=pl
Below are two graphics on the design thinking process :)
For this reason I was interested in Elise Roy’ s lecture on TED. She talked about design thinking for disabled people. Roy has been deaf since the age of ten. She is a disability rights lawyer, she fights for more open, accessible world for disabled people. She said “Designing for extremes, creates solutions that are better than when we design for the norm. And people with disabilities are great examples of extreme users.” She shows us that designing for people with disabilities can help us make better solutions for all people! Did you know that text messaging was originally intended for deaf people and now it’s used by everyone? She gives more examples of solutions designed for the disabled and now used by a larger group of users.
In my opinion it’s a great approach. She tells us that we don’t care about failures but fail hard and try harder, because this will allow us to improve our projects and motivate ourselves to look for innovative solutions. For me, her speech is very inspirational J
Link to the lecture Elise Roy: https://www.ted.com/talks/elise_roy_when_we_design_for_disability_we_all_benefit?language=pl
Below are two graphics on the design thinking process :)
https://media.nngroup.com/media/editor/2016/07/25/designthinking_illustration_final2-02.png
- Have you ever heard about design thinking?
- Do you use design thinking when you design?
- What do you think about Elise Roy’s approach?
Comments
Personally I don't use this approach. I'm not working with such big projects and in my opinion I don't need to use it.
However it's a great pattern for big companies or whole teams working on apps or great websites.
1) Gives you the opportunity to view a problem from a different perspective
2) Allows you to delve into a problem to determine its root cause
3) Encourages innovative thinking and creative problem solving
4) Ensures that the final outcome meets objectives and client requirements
5) Results in an experience that is more effective and informative for your learners
6) Enables you to continually expand your knowledge
I agree with Elise Roy’ s statement. In my opinion making app useful and available for "extreme" users such as deaf people might make it also better for normal people without disabilities.
I believe that’s the way that projects should be made, to succeed on the market because of putting user on the first place.
I don’t really design anything, but if I have to design something in the future, I’ll definitely use design thinking.
No , I can't do things (for example in web design) practical and convenient only for me. I think this is the task of the designer to make for example some grandiose idea but only practical from the standpoint of convenience but also intuitively clear to most people that a person not reading the description and not watching video lessons how to use it could intuitively understand the basic things.
I totally agree that unique approach produces unique (good, best? better.) solution. With growning number of devices, their power and magnitude of features and options to choose from we are in dire need of great designs which will improve overall usability and will allow us to harness it's power.
Looking at the diagrams design thinking seem to be great way of managing designing process. It puts the stress on user's needs, not realizing designer's project because 'people will use it anyway'.I'm not a designer and I have never heard of
2) I don't design so i don't need to use that way of thinking.
3) Making app useful and available for disabled (let's not fear this word) users such as, mentioned by him, deaf people might make it also better for normal people without those problems. So naturally i agree with Elise.
Interesting article, I've learner something new, thanks.