Tag: design thinking

  • You Never Thought What The Real Value of Critical Thinking Is

    You Never Thought What The Real Value of Critical Thinking Is

    Dr. Gil Dekel. What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase ‘critical thinking’? You may think of people who doubt everything? People that can’t stop asking arrogant questions which makes them very uncomfortable to be around?  Now, put your preconceptions on hold for a second and see why critical thinking is something entirely […]

  • Haptic ‘ The State of the Art’

    Haptic ‘ The State of the Art’

    Authorship – Alastair Barrow and Imogen Clare of Generic Robotics This blog was kindly sent from Dr Alistair Burrow and his project assistant Imogen Clare. These two colleagues work a researchers within a start up business initiated and developed with via Oxford and Hertfordshire University. Through network links I have been working with both these colleagues and their […]

  • Realising the potential of design thinking

    Realising the potential of design thinking

    DesignAndThinking -YouTube This documentary, directed by Mu-Ming Tsai, explores the role and value of design thinking in society. It draws on conversations with a range of commentators including David Kelly, D.School Stanford; Tim Brown, IDEO; Udaya Patnaik, Jump Associates; and Richard Grefé, Aiga. The film is over an hour long but worth investing the time in as it does a great job […]

  • The actual and the future: on co-evolution

    The actual and the future: on co-evolution

    We love to ponder about the nature of designing, design behaviours, processes and practices. What is it we do and how do we do it? Eventually, we want to improve how designing is taught and learned. In a meeting, Theo quickly visualised his understanding of design activity, moving from actual and possibly flawed states to […]