Design Thinking

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Internet

• Google Search: https://www.google.com/search?q=ngee+ann+design+thinking&gws_rd=ssl

Authoritative Institutions & Organisations related to Design Thinking

• Singapore Institutions
  • The National Agency for Design - http://www.designsingapore.org/Home.aspx - Enabling Singapore to use design for economic growth
• Internet Sites
  • D'school for design at Stanford
  • Deep Design Thinking - http://deepdesignthinking.com/
  • UX Matters - Employing Design Principles, Defining Ease of Use (Website/ Article) http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2011/01/design-thinking-employing-design-principles-defining-ease-of-use.php
  • What is Design Thinking - http://www.whatisdesignthinking.org/

Businesses related to Design Thinking

• International Agencies
  • IDEO http://www.ideo.com/sg/
  • SAP (Systems, Applications & Products) Guild - http://www.sapdesignguild.org/ - Enterprise Applications
• Registered with SPRING Singapore - http://www.spring.gov.sg/Enterprise/CDG/Documents/BID_Facilitators_Profiles.pdf?skw=design%20
  • Engage -
  • Awaken Group
  • BXD (Business X Design)
  • Chemistry
  • Design Sojourn - http://www.designsojourn.com/ - Providing Training, Consultation and Facilitation in 1) Design Strategy and Research, 2) Design Thinking , 3) Design Led Innovation
  • Entheo
  • Fuel For - http://www.fuelfor.net/ - specialist design consultancy creating unique care experiences for people. Based in Spain
  • Ideactio
  • NBDA - http://www.nbdaasia.com/
  • Ong & Ong (OXD)
  • Savant Degrees
  • Tandem Leap (Elephant Design)
  • Think Place Singapore
• Others
  • Orca Design - http://www.orcadesign.net/
  • Tinker Tanker - http://tinkertanker.com/ - Technology and Education Firm
  • Creative Nexus Group - http://www.creativenexus.com.sg/ -
  • Magic Beans - http://magicbeans.com.sg/

RESOURCES and REFERENCES

General Publications

• Articles
  • School Design Studio - 33 Educational Design Principles for Schools and Community Learning Centers (Company/ Website/ Article) http://schoolstudio.typepad.com/school_design_studio/33-educational-design-pri.html
  • Mindshift - How to Use Design Thinking in Class, Step by Step (Blog/ Article) http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/06/how-to-use-design-thinking-in-class-step-by-step/
  • Design Thinking with SAP Customer Stories - http://www.sap.com/bin/sapcom/es_es/downloadasset.2014-01-jan-03-17.design-thinking-with-sap-customer-stories-pdf.html
  • How to Use Design Thinking to improve your Non-profit's Strategy and Measurement - http://www.bethkanter.org/design-thinking/
  • Beyond design thinking: Design-as-practice and designs-in-practice - http://static2.inovacaoedesign.com.br/artigos_cientificos/beyond_design_thinking.pdf
  • Second Controversy: Beyond Design Thinking - Design Taste Making - http://dare.uva.nl/document/2/133632
• Books
  • Sciences of the Artificial by Herbert A. Simon (1969) - http://courses.washington.edu/thesisd/documents/Kun_Herbert%20Simon_Sciences_of_the_Artificial.pdf
  • Graphic Design THinking: Beyond Brainstorming - http://issuu.com/elupton/docs/graphic-design-thinking - Flipbook with plenty of diagrams
  • Solving Problems with Design Thinking (Book) http://rightmixtech.com/solving-problems-with-design-thinking-book-review/
• Presentations
  • Design Thinking: Individual Needs.Collective Innovation! by Callistus Chong at the Institute of Technical Education ITE College Central on 2 April 2014 - www.adobe-eduforum.com/2014/presentation/2_Apr_Callistus_Chong.pdf -
  • Design Thinking Lecture by Chris Ebbert - http://www.academia.edu/5945768/Design_Thinking_Lecture
  • Drawing as a Means to Design Resoning (1996) - http://depts.washington.edu/dmgftp/publications/pdfs/aid96-mdg.pdf
• Pinterest
  • Design Thinking - https://www.pinterest.com/ModelClassroom/design-thinking/
  • Design Thinking Classrooms - https://www.pinterest.com/InnovativeTech/design-thinking-classrooms/

CURATED Articles / Publications

What is Design Thinking?

• What is Design Thinking by University of St. Gallen - http://dthsg.com/what-is-design-thinking/
• Design Thinking: A Unified Framework for Innovation - http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2014/03/31/design-thinking-a-unified-framework-for-innovation/
• What is Design Thinking by Daylight - http://www.whatisdesignthinking.org/
• What is Design Thinking on Visual.ly - http://visual.ly/what-design-thinking
• Design Thinking... What is That? by Fast Company - http://www.fastcompany.com/919258/design-thinking-what
• DEFINED BY DESIGN : AN INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN THINKING by Roundhouse Creative Agency - http://roundhouse.cc/us/defined-by-design-an-introduction-to-design-thinking
• The Premise of Design Thinking - http://www.girvin.com/blog/?p=7390
• What is Design Thinking Really: by Emergent by Design (Blog) http://emergentbydesign.com/2010/01/14/what-is-design-thinking-really/
• Tim Brown: Designers -- think big! | http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_brown_urges_designers_to_think_big?language=en
• WELCOME TO THE VIRTUAL CRASH COURSE IN DESIGN THINKING by D'school Stanford - https://dschool.stanford.edu/dgift/

Industry Specific Applications for Design Thinking

• Schools and Education
  • 45 Design Thinking Resources for Educators - http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/45-design-thinking-resources-for-educators/
  • Design Thinking for Educators (Website/ Toolkit) http://designthinkingforeducators.com/design-examples/
  • The K12 Lab Wiki - Design Thinking in Schools (Wiki) https://dschool.stanford.edu/groups/k12/
    • How to Implement Design Thinking in your School
    • Sample Challenges
      • Wallet Project
    • Helpful Resources on How to Train Others in Design Thinking
    • RedLab - Research on Design Thinking
  • Learnist - School Design 101 Space (Website/ Blog) http://learni.st/users/thinkschools/boards/1776-school-design-101-space
    • Space at High Tech High
    • What Schools Can Learn From Google, IDEO, and Pixar | Fast Company
    • The Most Beautiful and Imaginative Public Schools in the World - Flavorwire
  • Articles
    • Design Thinking in Educational Environments - http://www.miscmagazine.com/design-thinking-in-educational-environments/
    • Design Thinking in Schools - http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-design-thinking-in-schools
    • Design Thinking in Schools: An Emerging Movement Building Creative confidence in schools - http://gettingsmart.com/2013/11/design-thinking-schools-emerging-movement-building-creative-confidence-youth/
    • Design Thinking for the 21st Century - http://singteach.nie.edu.sg/issue31-teachered/
    • Taking Design Thinking to Schools - http://web.stanford.edu/dept/SUSE/taking-design/presentations/Taking-design-to-school.pdf
• Health Care
  • Kaiser Permanente Innovation Consultancy - https://xnet.kp.org/innovationconsultancy/projects.html
    • Project Move (2013) - Exercise as Medicine
    • KP Landscape (2010) - Rethinking how we manage Pain
    • NKE plus 2009 - Ghost Town no longer
    • KP MedRite (2007) - Sanctifying Medication Administration
    • Nurse Knowledge Exchange - (PDF Presentation/ Poster) - 44mins to 12 mins for nurses to change shift
    • Painscape
    • Journey Home 2003 - Getting Home
  • Articles
    • Harvard Business Review - http://share.kaiserpermanente.org/article/kaiser-permanentes-innovation-consultancy-featured-in-harvard-business-review/
    • Design Thinking in Healthcare One Step at A Time by Forbes - http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrydoss/2014/05/23/design-thinking-in-healthcare-one-step-at-a-time/
    • The Secret to Redesigning Healthcare: Think Big and Small by Tim Brown- http://designthinking.ideo.com/?p=1201
    • Kaiser Permanente’s Innovation on the Front Lines - http://hbr.org/2010/09/kaiser-permanentes-innovation-on-the-front-lines
  • Nurse Knowledge Exchange - http://www.ideo.com/work/nurse-knowledge-exchange - Kaiser Permanente In collaboration with IDEO
  • Intercell Patch Vaccines
    • http://www.fastcompany.com/1042504/intercell%E2%80%99s-needle-free-vaccines
  • Autobreak Syringes
• Businesses and Enterprises
  • Design Engage Program by SPRING SIngapore
  • Design Engage - http://www.slideshare.net/carlgriffith/design-engage-program-an-overview
• Innovation
• Non-Profits

Design Thinking Approaches

Activities to Inspire Design Thinking

• Activities
  • Improv Activities for Design Thinking - https://dschool.stanford.edu/groups/k12/wiki/3091c/Improv_activities_for_Design_Thinking.html
• Projects and Challenges
  • Design Thinking Projects and Challenges - https://dschool.stanford.edu/groups/k12/wiki/956b6/Design_Thinking_Projects_and_Challenges.html
  • Designing a Wallet Project
    • Wallet Project from K12 Lab Wiki (Bell Roy - Slim your Wallet/ Kickstarter - Flip)

Events, Courses, Trainings and Workshops

• DESIGN THINKING FOR CREATIVE INNOVATION by Creative Nexus - www.creativenexus.com.sg/v1/index.php/training-events/101-design-thinking-for-creative-innovation
• The Beanstalk Creative Design Thinking Workshop by Magic Beans- www.facebook.com/DesignThinkingWorkshopSingapore
• A One-Day Design Thinking Course for Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Engineering with Business Management and Engineering Science Freshmen on 24th April 2014 - http://magicbeans.com.sg/a-one-day-design-thinking-course-for-ngee-ann-polytechnic-engineering-with-business-management-and-engineering-science-freshmen/
• Design Thinking in Healthcare Workshop Series - http://www.designsingapore.org/Files/Courses/Details/Open%20Call_Healthcare.pdf
• Design Engage Program - Open Call for Design Facilitators - http://www.designsingapore.org/Files/Media%20Releases/Design%20Engage_Open%20Call%20for%20Design%20Facilitators%202012.pdf
• Strategic Design Thinking by NUS Institute of System Science - https://www.iss.nus.edu.sg/ProfessionalCourses/SearchCourse/CourseDetail/tabid/267/cid/236/cname/strategic-design-thinking/Default.aspx
• Henry Ford Learning Institute - Design Thinking Summer Workshops (Website) - http://www.hfli.org/home/programs/summer-2013-design-thinking-workshops

OUTLINES

• Introduction to Design Thinking by SAP Design Guild - (Website) http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/design/design_thinking.asp
  • What is Design Thinking?
    • A Design Methodology
    • A Problem-Solving Approach or Process
    • A Creativity Approach
    • A User-Centered Approach that Brings Design into the Business World
  • Attributes of Design Thinking (Table)
    • Ambiguity, Collaborative, Constructive, Curiosity, Empathy, Holistic, Iterative, Non- Judgemental, Open Mindset
  • Characteristics of Design Thinkers (Table of Comparison from Multiple Sources)
  • Methods and Process - Introduction
    • Process
      • Process Stages
      • Comparison of Process Stages (Table of Comparison from Multiple Sources)
  • Methods (Table of Comparison from Multiple Sources)
  • Additional Components
  • Brief History of Design Thinking
• Design Thinking for Educators
  • four key elements of design thinking:
    • Defining the Problem,
    • Creating and Considering Multiple Options
    • Refining Selected Directions
    • Executing the Best Plan of Action.
  • Examples
    • Thomas Edison
    • Katie Salen (Game Designer)
  • Collaborative, solution-oriented approach rather than individualistic problem-oriented approach
• Design Engage Program http://www.slideshare.net/carlgriffith/design-engage-program-an-overview

Design Thinking Experiences