Design Thinking

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." — Steve Jobs

📚Books

1. Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life - Bill Burnett
   • Link to Book

     https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Your-Life-Well-Lived-Joyful/dp/1101875321/ref=sr_1_1?crid=O7JURMVKQGI7&dchild=1&keywords=designing+your+life&qid=1598881301&sprefix=designing+%2Caps%2C350&sr=8-1

   • Summary

     Book Summary: Designing Your Life by Dave Evans

     The book, Designing Your Life by Dave Evans and Bill Burnett, aims to use the framework of design thinking to address the "wicked problem" (i.e big problems) of designing your life. I was particularly intrigued by the book due to its focus on using the journal and writing as a tool to designing your life.

     https://jawwad.me/book-summary-designing-your-life-by-dave-evans/

     

2. The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
   • Link to Book

     https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2URRUJKLNIMTO&dchild=1&keywords=the+design+of+everyday+things&qid=1598881582&sprefix=the+design+of+eve%2Caps%2C-1&sr=8-1

   • Summary

     The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman - The Rabbit Hole

     Summary This is the starter kit for good design. It will turn people into observers of the absurd, of the good, of the poor design which we encounter every day If you'd prefer to listen to this article, use the player below.

     https://blas.com/the-design-of-everyday-things/

     

3. The Laws of Simplicity - John Maeda
   • Link to Book

     https://www.amazon.com/Laws-Simplicity-Design-Technology-Business/dp/0262134721/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=laws+of+simplicity&qid=1598881560&sr=8-1

   • Summary

     The Laws of Simplicity [Book Summary]

     One of the best principles to apply throughout a company is the KISS principle. Yet what is simplicity? This short book by John Maeda answers that question. THE LAWS OF SIMPLICITY, by John Maeda There are 10 laws of simplicity.

     https://blog.binary.com/the-laws-of-simplicity/

     

4. Design Kit by IDEO (Download Free Ebook below)

   Design Kit

   Design Kit is IDEO.org's platform to learn human-centered design, a creative approach to solving the world's most difficult problems.

   https://www.designkit.org/resources/1

📺Videos

💡Courses

Design Thinking for Innovation

Offered by BCG. Today innovation is everyone's business. Whether you are a manager in a global corporation, an entrepreneur starting up, in a government role, or a teacher in an elementary school, everyone is expected to get lean - to do better with less. And that is why we all need design thinking.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/uva-darden-design-thinking-innovation

Design Thinking Fundamentals

This course provides an introduction to the foundational activities related to design thinking: a flexible, yet systematic process to define and solve problems. A common misconception is that design thinking requires artistry, but it is not centered on artistic principles.

https://www.edx.org/course/design-thinking-fundamentals

✉️Articles

d.school Reading List - Stanford d.school

The best way to learn about design thinking is to do it, but we'd be remiss if we didn't point out some of the books that help contextualize what we do. If you want to deepen your understanding of design thinking process and application, here's a book list to get you started.

https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources/dschool-reading-list

First Principles of Design Thinking

Empathy: The subject has a similar emotional state to the object as a result of perceiving the object's situation. Empathy preserves the distinction between self and other. The subject's emotional state is partially focused on the other, often resulting in kind or helping behavior.

https://thinkingofdesign.blogspot.com/2015/12/first-principles-of-design-thinking.html

🤼 People to follow

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