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Learning Goals
Learning Goals
1. Students brainstorm "radical" ideas.
2. Students use two reality checks to focus ideas into two design concepts.
General Description
General Description
Ideate is the mode of your design process in which you aim to generate radical design alternatives. Mentally it represents a process of “going wide” in terms of concepts and outcomes—it is a mode of “flaring” rather than “focus.” The goal of ideation is to explore a wide solution space – both a large quantity of ideas and a diversity among those ideas. From this vast depository of ideas you can build prototypes to test with users.
This project has two major components: 1) the design of the tiny home including ideas for maximizing utility of the limited space, and 2) the off grid energy system(s)/design methods that allow the home to be as independently sustainable as the client's specific needs allow.
Additionally, or alternatively, you may ask the students to design and prototype a space saving device or feature for their design.
Activity 9 - Brainstorm
Activity 9 - Brainstorm
1. Have groups follow the brainstorm slide below to come up with solution ideas.
2. Model with one team placing their post it note ideas into the design thinking Venn Diagram intersections below.
Have all teams place their post it notes, then model with a different team going through the reality checks below to focus down to two design concepts.
After posting ideas in the intersections, if you have some that are in the middle, then do they satisfy the 5 M’s
Man/WomanPower (i.e. enough people) to do it
Methods/Skills of how to do it
Materials available and accessible based on the challenge
Manageable based on Time available in the challenge
Money/Resources to do it are not too costly based on the challenge
If no ideas satisfy both the center intersection and the 5 M’s, then collaborate to modify the closest ones so you have two ideas that do satisfy the center intersection and the 5 Ms
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