Nino H. Design Thinking Portfolio

Nino Houle - Exploring Purpose

Exploring Purpose

3 Takeaways

Empathy is not only a key part of Design Thinking but also a huge part day to day life for things we do everyday like caring, loving, and regular thinking
Interacting with people and using Design Thinking to help better understand their problem/needs is a great way to socialize and meet people like you as well as push the world in a better, more joyful, direction while also honing in on your empathy skills
Truly diving in to one's own understanding of the world, themselves, and others is a great way to take a step back and look at yourself, what you need, what you need more of what you need less of, what you don't understand but would like too. healing the world starts with healing yourself.

Nino Houle - DT: My Ideal Distance Learning Space

My Ideal Distance Learning Space

3 Takeaways

Collaborating with someone who also has similar needs gives better insight to what you might be missing in a design
Their can be online tools of many forms that help design specific projects
Choosing the right furniture/placement of things is important for a more comfortable interior experience (you don't want to cram a bunch of stuff everywhere)

Nino Houle - Maker Challenge: Catapult

Maker Challenge: Catapult

3 Takeaways

There are tons of ways to build a design that don't have to be limited to what your first thought is
Having a good sense of more than building (knowing physics, etc) can be helpful when designing something involving skills outside your own skill set
Having a good base for any project will build up it's stability and make it last longer / work better

Storyboarding Through Sketchnotes

AEW's Hangman Adam Page: his journey of Self Esteem

3 Takeaways about this process and Creativity

Pictures (visuals) give detail that most might miss if writing or speaking
Sketching can be a good tool or map for designing something by putting needs upfront
Limiting yourself to something around 6 boxes can bring out the most important ideas

Nino Houle - Personal Flag

Engaging in Stories: Personal Flag

3 Takeaways (how knowing yourself helps in DT)

If we are comfortable with ourselves we create a comfortable environment for others to share their stories
We can learn new skills and apply them by knowing our strengths and weakness'
We can better understand other's experiences if we have a better understanding of yourself

Nino Houle - Engaging in Stories: 99% Invisible and Beyond the Yellow Boat

Engaging in Stories

4 Takeaways (How engaging in stories make us better design thinkers)

We learn tools and skills from other's past work and mistakes along the way
Other people's stories can be inspirations for us to think about what we can do
We ourselves can be intrinsic motivators to others
Staying in balance with our own accords should be incorporated into our designs

Nino Houle - The Cardboard Arcade

The Cardboard Arcade

3 Takeaways

Building recreational activities can add a lot of fun to someone else's day (inspired them to build their own as well)
Having an intrinsic motivations puts more focus on your design and allows you to create working creations
Sharing your work through true demonstration helps point out things to add or replace

Nino Houle - Motivation in Design Thinking

Motivation in Design Thinking

3 takeaways (Would this work at Serra)

Yes because Autonomy and freedom is something most teenagers strive for and could make the idea of school more comfortable
No because without guidelines or restrictions many kids may fall off the path of school and begin doing worse or not caring
Yes, in specific classes and scheduling to give both a guided system of learning and an intrinsic education experience chances

Nino Houle - DT: Notice-Wonder Videos

Design Thinking in the Real World

An important step in Design Thinking is finding what's good before finding the bad
Incorporating the user (features, ideologies, etc) builds a better tool for them
The smallest tool/idea can have the biggest impact on an environment

Nino Houle - Rapid Prototyping with Play-doh

Rapid Prototyping with Playdough

3 Takeaways

Self-Exploration is an important part of empathizing with others
When we build off of things already existing we can make our own improvements
Our minds can think of things beyond what we physically see/feel

Nino Houle - School Bag Experience Design Challenge SLIDES

Redesign the School Bag Experience

3 Takeaways:

Quality should take precedence over design in some cases
Many needs with certain problems are shared, designing with similar needs can help empathize with your user
When designing something for a physical user, testing and measuring are important

Nino Houle - School Bag Experience Design Challenge DOC

Nino Houle - Maker Challenge: Car

Maker Challenge: Car

3 Takeaways

There is always a solution to any difficult problem
There are multiple solutions to a problem, there's not one way to build something
Bigger and Bulkier is sometimes better to make a creation stable / quality

Nino Houle - DT in the Real World: Tim Brown, Jane Chen, and Paul Pholeros

Design Thinking In The Real World

3 Takeaways:

Diving deeper into someones culture/environment is an important step to solving a problem
You can solve more than one specific problem when designing a creative solution
DT is not about the challenge, it's about working together with someone to meet their needs

Nino Houle - Footwear Experience Design Challenge SLIDES

Redesign The Footwear Experience

3 Takeaways

Getting the users input on your ideas helps you remove extra bits not necessary for their comfort
Doing something twice (three times is optimal) can improve/add better features to your idea
Quality can sometimes be better for your user than design

Nino Houle - Footwear Experience Design Challenge DOC

Nino Houle - Maker Challenge: Cell Phone Stand

Maker Challenge: Cellphone Stand

Having a good base is important for most creations
Time is important and utilizing it (organizing) is key to building a good creation
Creating balance and symmetry will create a more effective build

Nino Houle - From Line to Shape

From Line to Shape

We tend to doubt our ability at first, but trying and demonstrating our skills usually proves us wrong
Anything in the world can be turned into whatever your imagination sees
Art is a great way to connect with an audience and your creative self

Nino Houle - Dentist Experience Design Challenge SLIDES

Redesign The Dentist Experience

3 Takeaways

Digging for detail will connect you and your user closer, leading to better results
Reviewing your idea with others adds more useful stuff and removes extra, unnecessary parts
The amount of communication with your user can affect your ideas

Nino Houle - Dentist Experience Design Challenge DOC

Nino Houle - DT Empathy through Stories

Empathy Through Stories

What are the 3 most profound insights that you got from listening to these stories?

Knowing your user personally rather than professionally will help you think more creatively
Connection is a common theme in people's lives and is commonly seeked through sharing stories
The better you know someone the better you can accommodate for their needs

Interviews in Design Thinking

3 Takeaways

Be as unbiased as you can to create an open space for sharing
Thoughtful listening will help you and your user create a better solution
Questions don't always give the best answer, look for other ways to gather info (stories)

Nino Houle - 5 Chairs Challenge

5 Chairs Challenge

3 Takeaways

Repetition is important, the more you add/take away to your idea the better it becomes
Even if your idea seems impossible, when you begin working on it and fleshing it out it can be possible to make
It can be hard designing a solution without the help of your client

Who I Am, and Whom I want to Become

3 Takeaways

Something I want to do in my life is be a change in the world
I can turn my hobbies into something that can have a positive influence on the world
Storytelling is a key part of my being

Nino Houle - Design Thinking in Action: Liberation Wrapper

Design Thinking in Action: Liberation Wrapper

3 Takeaways

Having empathy is the key to figuring out a better solution to a problem
A more 'hands on' approach when solving a problem helps yourself and others grow and become more experienced
When working with someone, you utilize both these tools more leading to a quality outcome

Nino Houle - DT Moonshot Thinking

Moonshot Thinking

3 Takeaways

It only takes one person and an idea to change the world
You can't fear failure if you want to make that change
Design Thinking can apply to any challenge in the world that needs solving

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