Design thinking is when you make things to solve problems the you may be having. the design thinking process has five total steps the first one being to empathize meaning to take in the whole situation to better understand what is needed. the second step is to define what is did during the empathize part of this process . This step allows for reflection on the problem that you have established to help create a plan to help solve the problem. The third step in the process is to come up with a idea to solve the problem, so you are basically using your imagination to think of different plans to solve the problem. The fourth stage of the design thinking process is to build prototypes this is when you build you ideas you have come up with during the idea stage. The prototype is not the last thing you will come up with because there will always changes that will need to be made. The last step is to test all you built prototypes and see the problems that they may have until you find one you like then you can use that one as a base and change it to make it as close to perfect as you can.
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