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Design Thinking 101
Saved by Paige Wolfe
In Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience, Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden state, “Design thinking takes a solution-focused approach to problem solving, working collaboratively to iterate an endless, shifting path toward perfection. It works towards product goals via specific ideation, prototyping, implementation, and learning st
... See moreDesign matters because it helps us solve problems, think creatively, understand the world around us, develop empathy, and be critical. Just as you would hire an architect when building a house, design plays an important role in creating functional, beautiful, and meaningful solutions in all aspects of life.
Ben Shih
UX Design: Empathize, Define, Create, Prototype, Test
solution, and filling in the design details. Many practitioners wouldadd a fifth step: validation, testing the effectiveness of a solution with users. This is part of a discipline widely known as usability.
Design thinking relies on the natural—and coachable—human ability to be intuitive, to recognize patterns, and to construct ideas that are emotionally meaningful as well as functional.