Different Perspectives in Design Thinking

Table of contents

1. Cover Page
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Preface
5. Contents
6. Introduction
7. 1 Design Thinking between Myth and Methodology
   1. Design Thinking and design research
   2. Key propositions of Design Thinking
   3. Design Thinking as thinking process
   4. Design Thinking is question asking
   5. Conclusions
   6. References
8. 2 Critical Design and Design Thinking vs. critical design and design thinking
   1. Introduction
   2. What is C/critical D/design?
   3. What is D/design T/thinking?
   4. Critical moves, critical path in linkography
   5. Case study: Wang and Habraken's critical path
   6. Thoughts about design thinking and design criticality in innovative design
   7. References
9. 3 Adding Rigor to Advance Design Thinking
   1. What is design thinking?
      1. Empathy
      2. Define
      3. Ideate
      4. Prototype
      5. Test
   2. Design thinking in organizations
   3. What do we mean by UCD?
   4. UCD as an evolving set of challenges
   5. What is the theory and method base of UCD?
   6. UCD in action
   7. Framing the comparison in the context of design acts
   8. The study of design
   9. Reconciling UCD and design thinking approaches
   10. Conclusion
   11. References
10. 4 Situated Design Thinking
    1. Introduction
    2. Thinking of norms in design
    3. Thinking of knowing in design
    4. Thinking of acting in design
    5. Towards a framework of situated design thinking
    6. Conclusion
    7. References
11. 5 The Challenge of Designing Meaningful Information
    1. Different methods and perspectives
    2. Communication: from perceiving information to sharing with others
    3. The relationship between the interpretation of information and situation awareness
    4. Different forms of verbal information
    5. Semiotic pragmatism
    6. An information campaign for a global pandemic
    7. The complexity of using metaphors in information
    8. Design Thinking and human center design
    9. Information as physical, spatial, and temporal
    10. Conclusion
    11. References
12. 6 Gendered Design Thinking So-called Logic of People and Things
    1. Introduction
    2. “Doing gender”
    3. Sex vs. gender
    4. Gendered design history
    5. Visual communication and gender
    6. Forms and norms
    7. Interaction norms
    8. Design and gender systems
    9. Conclusion
    10. References
13. 7On Design Dialogues Their Roots, Features, and Usage Ulrika Florin
    1. Introduction
    2. Design Dialogues—a means for complex design
    3. The design dialogue and its roots
    4. The characteristics of design dialogues
       1. Tangible material
       2. Artefacts in group processes
    5. Complex problems
    6. Examples from practice
       1. Mulimodal Origami in Vis'man
       2. Ideas behind MO
       3. What MO is—and what it does
       4. Planting Tomorrows
    7. Concluding reflections
    8. References
    9. Recycled Art and Design objects in Planting Tomorrows
14. 8 Design Thinking and Designerly Ways of Knowing in Operational Research Practice
    1. Introduction
    2. Design thinking in operational research
    3. Herbert Simon and the science of design
    4. Soft Operational Research and Problem Structuring (SORPS) and the founders of operational research
    5. Soft Operational Research, Problem Structuring methods and their
    6. Soda
       1. Action research
    7. Soft Systems Methodology (SSM)
       1. Systems thinking
       2. Strategic Choice Approach (SCA)
       3. Management cybernetics
       4. Policy research design
       5. Mixed methods in Operational Research—bridging the socio-technical
       6. Analytics
       7. Modelling
       8. PartiSim
       9. System dynamics
       10. Mixed methods
    8. MCDM (also called MCDA—Multi Criteria Decision Method/Analysis)
    9. Conclusion
    10. The future of design in operational research
    11. References
15. 9 Design Thinking and Welfare A Focus on Information Design
    1. Introduction
    2. Design thinking and information design for welfare technology
       1. Welfare technology in care services
       2. Implementation of welfare technology
       3. Orientation to welfare technology use
    3. Methods
       1. Welfare technology used in the study
    4. Needs for implementation and orientation
       1. End-users at home
       2. Caregivers
       3. Care managers
    5. Information-design-related lessons learned
       1. Implementation and orientation
       2. Information quality attributes
       3. Visualization and use of the lessons learned
    6. Conclusion
    7. Acknowledgements
    8. References
    9. Appendix Datasets and analysis
       1. Datasets
       2. Data analysis
16. 10 Raising Users' Confidence in their own Technology Literacy as part of the Design Process
    1. Introduction
    2. Feeling of belonging and belief in one's own ability
    3. Methods for user involvement and design
       1. Understanding the user group
       2. Workshops and hands-on experience
    4. Aspects to consider during the design process
       1. Arranging focus groups and workshops
       2. Creating a social context
       3. Mixing people with different backgrounds
       4. Testing the technology together
       5. Introducing new technology
       6. Supporting the learning process
       7. Supporting the learning process
    5. Discussion and conclusions
    6. References
17. 11 Lessons Learned A Plea for Curricularizing Design Thinking in Engineering Education
    1. Introduction
    2. Back to the roots
    3. Why design engineers should become design thinkers
    4. Characteristics of user-centred design engineering practice
    5. Characteristics of the design thinking way of thinking
    6. Course of action
       1. Doing design thinking
       2. Design task and background
       3. Course design
    7. Thinking design and proving design thinking innovations
       1. Outcome assessment
       2. Summary of key learnings
       3. Best practices for carrying out actions and activities
    8. Reflections on the findings and implications for engineering education
       1. Learning objectives in engineering education being successfully targeted by design thinking
    9. Closing remarks
    10. References
    11. Appendix
18. Index