Design Thinking Methodologies:
Empathize - To understand or share the feelings of something. We empathize each persons opinions on each accessory, and took note of each detail that each person wanted.
Define - To decide what the point of something is. We defined what we had to do throughout our backpack activity, so that we would know just what part to go to next, and how to do it exactly.
Ideate - To imagine something. We imagined how far we could go, when thinking of what to include in our backpack. We chose not to go too crazy, with accessories that could be nearly impossible to include in our backpack, but we imagined many other things, such as lots of pockets, and a waterproof backpack.
Test - To check the quality of something. We may not have been able to test our backpack physically, but mentally, we thought about how useful each accessory would work with our backpack.
Revise - To alter something/ to better your work so that it may become more beautiful work. We made decisions for our backpacks, but re-discussed each accessory of the bag so that we could all re-vote again and see if each accessory was really necessary to include.
Prototype - The first model of a product. We were unable to create a physical prototype, but we sketched our backpack onto our paper, as you can see in the pictures at the top of the page.
The design thinking methodologies my group and I used for our backpack design are empathize, define, and ideate. We specifically heard every member of our groups voice and resigning behind each idea brought to the table, and we took note of each one. We may have heard each persons ideas, but we also discussed how relevant each idea for our backpack was. We went around to every person so we could each discuss whether which accessory was necessary or not, how well it would work, and how realistic it was to include in our backpack. As said above, we imagined each part of our backpack, and gave our attention to it as well. Every person was able to imagine something specific for our backpack, such as waterproof material, and a built-in wifi included in the backpack. I thought this activity went really well, if I could improve anything about it, I would have liked to actually painted/drawn a backpack as we saw it in our own eyes. Because although every person in our group helped come up with the backpack, and had all the same information for it, each drawing or painting would have come out differently, because we all see things differently in our own eyes.
Empathize - To understand or share the feelings of something. We empathize each persons opinions on each accessory, and took note of each detail that each person wanted.
Define - To decide what the point of something is. We defined what we had to do throughout our backpack activity, so that we would know just what part to go to next, and how to do it exactly.
Ideate - To imagine something. We imagined how far we could go, when thinking of what to include in our backpack. We chose not to go too crazy, with accessories that could be nearly impossible to include in our backpack, but we imagined many other things, such as lots of pockets, and a waterproof backpack.
Test - To check the quality of something. We may not have been able to test our backpack physically, but mentally, we thought about how useful each accessory would work with our backpack.
Revise - To alter something/ to better your work so that it may become more beautiful work. We made decisions for our backpacks, but re-discussed each accessory of the bag so that we could all re-vote again and see if each accessory was really necessary to include.
Prototype - The first model of a product. We were unable to create a physical prototype, but we sketched our backpack onto our paper, as you can see in the pictures at the top of the page.
The design thinking methodologies my group and I used for our backpack design are empathize, define, and ideate. We specifically heard every member of our groups voice and resigning behind each idea brought to the table, and we took note of each one. We may have heard each persons ideas, but we also discussed how relevant each idea for our backpack was. We went around to every person so we could each discuss whether which accessory was necessary or not, how well it would work, and how realistic it was to include in our backpack. As said above, we imagined each part of our backpack, and gave our attention to it as well. Every person was able to imagine something specific for our backpack, such as waterproof material, and a built-in wifi included in the backpack. I thought this activity went really well, if I could improve anything about it, I would have liked to actually painted/drawn a backpack as we saw it in our own eyes. Because although every person in our group helped come up with the backpack, and had all the same information for it, each drawing or painting would have come out differently, because we all see things differently in our own eyes.