K12 Design Thinking Projects and Challenges
This wiki, which is operated by the d.school (Stanford) features numerous design thinking challenges and projects which can not only been done with kids. Design thinking is, according to the k12 lab, a methodology for creative problem solving. The website is a great resource for getting some great material for facilitating design thinking sessions. It features...
The Open Book of Social Innovation
“This book is about the many ways in which people are creating new and more effective answers to the biggest challenges of our times: how to cut our carbon footprint; how to keep people healthy; and how to end poverty. It describes the methods and tools for innovation being used across the world and across...
Prototyping Framework by Nesta and ThinkPublic
“Prototyping is a method which is gaining momentum in service development in the context of rising customer needs and expectations, and limited public resource. NESTA believes that prototyping could be part of a strong approach to developing new services that deliver better outcomes for less money.” PDF: PrototypingFramework.pdf
Human Centered Design Toolkit by IDEO
“For years, businesses have used human-centered design to develop innovative solutions. Why not apply the same approach to overcome challenges in the nonprofit world? This project, funded by International Development Enterprise (IDE) as part of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, sought to provide NGOs and social enterprises with the tools to...
Design Thinking for Educators
“This toolkit can help you create solutions for everyday challenges. It equips you with the process and methods of design. Businesses, social entrepreneurs and other innovators have used them for decades to create solutions for many different types of challenges. In this toolkit, these methods are adapted specifically for educators, because as an educator, you design every day. You design your classroom, you design...
bootcamp bootleg – d.school Stanford
“This compilation is intended as an active toolkit to support your design thinking practice. The guide is not just to read – go out in the world and try these tools yourself. In the following pages, we outline each mode of a humancentered design process, and then describe dozens of specific methods to do design work. These...
Design for Social Innovation: Community-Centred Knowledge Exchange
“Through a co-design process, involving academics, citizens, thirds sector groups, local councils and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) the current project evaluates barriers and opportunities for innovation in local communities, particularly in relation to building social capital and improving health and wellbeing. Designers contribute to this process through direct creative input, but also by...
Creative IDEAS Book
Authors: Leon Cruickshank, Roger Whitham, Lorenz Herfurth Published: 3rd of October 2011, ImaginationLancaster “This ImaginationLancaster published book documents the activities undertaken within the HEIF funded Creative IDEAS project. Creative IDEAS addressed one of the more difficult issues in contemporary innovation, the fruitful and mutually beneficial collaboration of large and small companies. The book articulates the range of 30 or so...
Designing creative frameworks: design thinking as an engine for new facilitation approaches
“This paper documents implications and opportunities for the designprofession offered by the rise of the knowledge society and digital economies.Within this we show the value of applied design thinking in the creation and delivery of business development and facilitation. Two case studies documentthe design and delivery of contrasting consultancy projects where the design of problem-solving...
Design Facilitation as an Emerging Design Skill: A Practical Approach
Authors: John Body, Nina Terrey and Leslie Tergas from ThinkPlace Published: Design Thinking Conference 8, Sydney 2010 “Design facilitation marks a distinct and emerging role for designers. This paper describes and identifies key skills and attributes for the design facilitator. The paper argues that the role of the designer is being extended from the sole expert designer to a...
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This page was started in 2011 by Ingo Rauth as a resource for academics, designers, consultants, design teachers interested in design and facilitation. In recent times the role of the designer has become one of a process facilitator. Especially in approaches like design thinking, often specialists take on the role of process facilitation in multidisciplinary...