scholarly journals Correction to: Integrating design thinking with sustainability science: a Research through Design approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 551-553
Author(s):  
Ray Maher ◽  
Melanie Maher ◽  
Samuel Mann ◽  
Clive A. McAlpine
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1565-1587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Maher ◽  
Melanie Maher ◽  
Samuel Mann ◽  
Clive A. McAlpine

Abstract Design disciplines have a long history of creating well-integrated solutions to challenges which are complex, uncertain and contested by multiple stakeholders. Society faces similar challenges in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, so design methods hold much potential. While principles of good design are well established, there has been limited integration of design thinking with sustainability science. To advance this integration, we examine the process of designing MetaMAP: an interactive graphic tool for collaborating to understand social–ecological systems and design well-integrated solutions. MetaMAP was created using Research through Design methods which integrate creative and scientific thinking. By applying design thinking, researchers and practitioners from different backgrounds undertook multiple cycles of problem framing, solution development, testing and reflection. The testing was highly collaborative involving over 150 people from diverse disciplines in workshops, case studies, interviews and critique. Reflecting on this process, we discuss design principles and opportunities for integrating design thinking with sustainability science to help achieve Sustainable Development Goals.


建築學報 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 116 (116-1) ◽  
pp. 055-061
Author(s):  
江梓瑋 江梓瑋

<p>傳統的建築設計課程皆以每學期幾次不同題型的設定,期望在設計操作的反復練習中,幫助操作者探索合適的操作方法並從中建立設計邏輯。設計題目的設定規範了操作的方向與期望的成果,但因設計發展並沒有既定的步驟與方法,常因個人經驗與所選擇設計方式的不同,導致過於感性的思維模式,也造就了理性建築設計教學的挑戰。此研究針對題目設定與設計邏輯的關係,試圖避開操作者可預期的結果,並藉過程中不同階段性的操作設定,試圖建立一種設計邏輯發展的依據。</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p>Traditionally, architecture design studio requires few exercises per semester for students to practice design method and develop design thinking. As design exercises often direct design approach and also establish expectation of outcome, there is no guaranty procedure or design method to follow in order to achieve the best outcome. Since design development heavily based on experience of operation and choice of approach, sensible thinking process is often involved and sets challenge for rational architectural pedagogy. This research aims to exam the design thinking process of students by setting up specific design exercise to avoid predictable operation process, in order to direct specific design approach according to established guidance for further development. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 179-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten Van Mechelen ◽  
Ann Laenen ◽  
Bieke Zaman ◽  
Bert Willems ◽  
Vero Vanden Abeele

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-75
Author(s):  
Klepikova Sofya Evgenievna

The article is devoted to design thinking as a new method for solving marketing challenges. Design thinking is a human-centered process. It allows marketers to achieve a deeper understanding of the consumer, placing the client in the center. Design thinking is a technique of searching solutions. Consists of 5 stages: understanding the problem, formulating the problem, generating ideas, prototyping, testing. In practice, the effective application of design thinking gives incredible results. The user receives not just a convenient product adapted to modern needs, but also a solution to important life problems. The article is of interest to marketers, managers and smm-managers. Fundamentally the relation between top marketers and design thinking, is the human-centered approach. Design thinking requires customer centrality, both internal and external feedback, and an open- minded culture. A closer look at design thinking in the light of marketing shows the large extent to which a marketing team can bene1t from applying a design approach.


Author(s):  
William VOORBERG ◽  
Arwin VAN BUUREN ◽  
Geert BRINKMAN

In the public domain, design thinking is increasingly expected to create value by including service users in the fundamental aspects of these services. However, in order to create value, the design approach needs to be ‘translated’ into an applicable framework, appropriate for the public domain. Therefore, we first explore what kind of value is supposed to be generated within the public domain. Subsequently, by focusing on well-known contributions from the design literature, we review what can be learned from design approaches for value creation with users. Then, we examine what kind of specific characteristics of the public domain needs to be taken into consideration, when one aims to apply a design-oriented approach in the public domain. Ultimately, we conclude how the design approach, can be made applicable within the public domain. In doing so, this paper aims to formulate stepping stones for both academics and policy makers alike.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mrwa Tawfiq

Depictions (drawings, models) play a significant role in giving architecture form through the use of various techniques and mediums of expression. These forms of depictions invite an experimental design approach and generate critical thinking in design. The aim in this thesis is to look at architecture critically and investigate design approaches to enhance architectural ideas through varying forms of depiction such as drawing, painting, sculpture, and digital media. Experimentally driven design processes have the potential to push ideas to greater heights in the architectural discipline. Architectural depiction that pursues ideas or notions that may never be built are significant forms of production that push design thinking into other territories; they are in and of themselves architecture. Specifically, the design of a ‘House of the Imagination’ becomes a vehicle in the thesis for experimental architectural ideas and provides an alternative setting for architectural form making.


建築學報 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 116 (116-1) ◽  
pp. 021-040
Author(s):  
黃瑞茂 黃瑞茂 ◽  
賴婷鈴 Jui-Mao Huang ◽  
張月霞 Ting-Ling Lai

<p>本個案研究是教育部大學社會責任計畫「淡水好生活&mdash;學習型城鄉建構計畫」之「淡水世界遺產潛力點田野學校」子計畫的一部分。本研究以都市設計工作坊的實踐模式,發展創新的「社區營造」課程模組,以設計思考的同理心、需求定義、創意發想、製作原型及測試等歷程軌跡,檢驗學生在進入真實生活世界的社區與社群中,如何透過與小組團隊一起從田野調查、界定問題到計畫提案的學習歷程中發展設計思維。本研究以臺灣北部的淡水歷史街區為場域,依據當下場域中的真實議題,選定「宗教文化與歷史街區再生」作為工作坊的操作主題。以非物質文化資產的「宗教文化」經驗為專題提案內容,透過包括課堂上課、小組討論、街區走訪、學生訪談、學習反思日誌等資料的蒐集,分析有關淡水歷史城市再造可能性的構思與設計歷程。研究結果發現,透過與在地的「人」與「物」的交流與經驗世界的理解,參與此課程的學生為完成提案任務的學習是一個參與式設計的意義建構與共識(sense making)的過程。研究還發現,將課程帶到生活現場進行有任務的學習,為學生開展了新穎卻又貼近傳統文化的學習經驗。透過設計進行研究獲得的建築知識以及促進設計思考的可視性功能在此研究中有進一步的討論。此外,本研究透過設計思考課程模組的建構,有助於優化參與式設計「社區營造」教學模式在大學課程改革的實踐。</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p>This case study is part of the University&rsquo; Social Responsibility project &ldquo;World Heritage Potential Field School&rdquo;, an interdisciplinary university course program. This study developed an innovative &ldquo;community construction&rdquo; curriculum module using hands-on model of urban design workshop. The curriculum is designed based on the design thinking process&mdash;empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. This study examined how students developed design thinking through the learning process of fieldwork, problem definition, and project proposal with teamwork in real-life communities and neighborhoods. In this study, &ldquo;Religious Culture and Historic District Regeneration&rdquo; was selected as the theme of the workshop course, based on the real issues in context, and the religious culture experience of the intangible cultural heritage was used as the topic of the proposal. Data were collected from classroom sessions, group discussions, neighborhood and community visits, student interviews, and learning reflective journals to analyze the conceptualization and design process that stimulate the possibility of rejuvenating the historic Tamsui district. The research findings revealed that, through participatory design, students&rsquo; learning to accomplish the proposed tasks was a sense making process through their communication with the &ldquo;people&rdquo; and &ldquo;surroundings&rdquo; of the place as well as their own experiential understanding. The study also found that bringing the curriculum to the real-life world for task-based learning initiated novel learning experiences while students were exposed to traditional culture. The architectural knowledge built by research through design and the visibility function that promotes design thinking are further discussed in this research. In addition, the curriculum module on innovative participatory design &ldquo;community construction&rdquo; developed in this study will help optimize the practice of design thinking learning model in university curriculum reform. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p>


2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 378-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakshmi Charli-Joseph ◽  
Ana E. Escalante ◽  
Hallie Eakin ◽  
Ma. José Solares ◽  
Marisa Mazari-Hiriart ◽  
...  

Purpose The authors describe the challenges and opportunities associated with developing an interdisciplinary sustainability programme in an emerging economy and illustrate how these are addressed through the approach taken for the development of the first postgraduate programme (MSc and PhD) in sustainability science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The purpose of this paper is to outline an approach that has a potential for application in other parts of Latin America and perhaps more broadly in other world regions sharing some of the same challenges and opportunities as found in Mexico. Design/methodology/approach The implemented collaborative framework enabled a transformation of disciplinary research and teaching at UNAM into a postgraduate programme designed to generate cutting-edge educational and research capabilities. The approach to curriculum and programme design emphasized the process and methodological framework for curriculum development as much as the outcome itself. It entailed three primary elements: theory on collaborative processes; the curriculum design approach; and a formative and summative evaluation. Findings Several of the challenges faced were related to the nature of the institution (mainly because of the complexity of its organization and the emphasis in maintaining disciplinary boundaries), as well as to the curriculum development and design approach (acceptance of a competency-based programme appropriate for the MSc but considered restrictive for the PhD). The experience the authors relate in this paper exemplifies how to cope with such challenges. The approach enabled the emergence of a shared vision that was appropriated by all the participants. This ultimately empowered them in the presentation of the curriculum to their disciplinary peers. Furthermore, the approach facilitated the creation of a programme that remained salient along the process, while increasingly gained legitimacy and credibility among the academic community. Social implications In Mexico, the number of sustainability practitioners and scientists is still insufficient, and there is a clear lack of capacities in key themes and tools. UNAM combines a strong scientific tradition and a foundational mandate to serve both the country and humanity and is, thus, a natural platform for developing a higher education programme in sustainability science. The approach taken in the development of UNAM’s programme has useful lessons for the development of similar programmes in other developing nations facing similar educational and institutional challenges. Originality/value This model not only resulted in an innovative and novel programme in sustainability education but also, in the process, strengthened the competencies of diverse stakeholders through a systematic collaborative framework that fosters sustainability as a social learning process. Such experience illustrates the advantages of implementing a collaborative approach to enable the emergence of a critical mass capable to handle the diversity presupposed by a curriculum in sustainability science. It also shows how such a collaborative process can be implemented to overcome the limited resources, lack of experience in sustainability education and strong disciplinary focus that hampers the advancement of higher education in institutions similar to UNAM.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-144
Author(s):  
Jasmina Maric

If our contemporary society needs innovative solutions we argue that we need to learn from our youth. This paper presents the most prevailing issues that arose during the collaborative digital art project de-signed to connect our youth with big, mainstream cultural institution, and to augment the outreach of the project. By using the research through design approach and surveys with participants, we analyse the implications introduced by inter-institutional and interdisciplinary collaboration. We claim that such collaborations are rich, but expensive and risky. Still, they are powerful mechanisms for learning new concepts, developing creative and critical thinking, and above all social capital acquisition.


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