design thinking teacher workshop- shelter challenges

OBJECTIVES:1. You will be introduced to the design thinking

process.

1. You will experience the design process first hand as a student.

1. If you are a student--You will create a comic book about your design thinking experiences. If you are an educator– you will reflect on your experience and plan for design thinking at your site.

Restaurant Wars

THE PROBLEM SPACE: Shelter

PROBLEM SPACE: Shelter

VerbTo protect or shield from something harmful

Shelter is a structure that protects you from the elements and gives you a place to live.

PROBLEM SPACE: Shelter

Some shelters are temporary…

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation Site

Military Bunks

Hospital Rooms

College Dorm Rooms

A Tee Pee

Other shelters are built to last for a

little while.

A Wigwam

A Lean To

Castles

While other shelters have a

more permanent feel.

Classrooms

Cities

There are shelters that offer protection from extreme conditions.

Space Station

Antarctic Research Station

Tree Houses

Other shelters are for fun and fancy.

Cottages

Some shelters are called upon in times of dire need.

Homelessness

Refuge from Storms & Tornados

Refuge from Wars


Shelter is one of the basic human needs.

Puppet Theater

Shelters can delineate a space

for entertainment…

People Theater

Other formsemerge once our

basic needs are met.

Redefine what we know about

engineering…

Geodesic Domes&

Dome Homes

Shipping Containers as Shelter

Or change the way we look at materials.

Scientist (sheltered by thermal dive suit)Antarctic Jellyfish (sheltered in subzero water)

But the need for shelter is not unique to humans.

Some animals seek shelter.

Many others build their own.

Bee Hive

Badger HoleBirds Nest

People also build shelters for animals…

in the wild…

And for thoseanimals who do

not live in the wild.

Turtle Caves Lion HabitatPenguin Habitat

We build shelters for pets in our homes...

And in our back yards.

Other times pets just work with what they are given.

Humans also build shelters for plants.

To EatTo Observe

To Enjoy

And to protect

TemporaryShelter

Permanent Shelter

Die Without It Love to Have It

High Threat Environment

Minimal ThreatEnvironmentThinking about SHELTER

with a 2x2

TemporaryShelter

Permanent Shelter



Minimal ThreatEnvironment

Castle

Antarctic Rover

Cottage

Bus Stop

TemporaryShelter

Permanent Shelter




Where Would You Place….?A Beach UmbrellaThe space station

A Tree HouseYour Home

Other

Ways to Think about

Temporary

Permanent




Necessary vs. Optional

Mobile vs. Stationary

Flexible vs. Fixed

Features

Interior vs. Exterior

Shelter

To Survive vs. To Thrive

Other Ways to Organize

A good shelter is protecting or shielding it’s users. Ask yourself, what EXACTLY are the threats or dangers?

Remember to think about the interior and exterior of your shelter as you design to meet the users needs.

In this problem space, your team will be given one

of the following three design challenges.


Top picture from torontoist.com

Pictures from jordanrivercommission.com

Stages of a Design Challenge

You now have 180 seconds to decide on a

TEAM NAME and TEAM SOUND(think bird calls, farm animals, song lyrics, etc).

EMPATHY:Creating designs that meet

people’s needs

You build empathy by:

• Understanding the problem space

• Engaging with others through observing them, interviewing them

• learning how to “understand” people and use what you see and hear about their needs

We learn to:

• Look closely

• Interview users

• Develop “insights”about the person and his/her needs

How do we learn empathy?

Understand someone who is different from yourself.

Study a “user” who seems really different than you

Listen carefully

Ask a lot of questions about the person’s ideas and experiences

Never judge the person even if you do not agree

Ask them about current solutions and how they feel about them

Get them to tell stories

Be a DetectiveUnderstand how a user sees the problem space

Do research Find information

Interview and observeAsk a lot of questions

Look for patternsDevelop insights about the “user’s” needs

EMPATHY:Doing Research

Research Steps:How does your team understand the challenge?

1. What do we already know?

• Issues or constraints• Barriers that you can identify

2. What do we need to know?

• What other spaces/situations might seem like this one?• What do we know about how things are in those spaces?

Research Steps, Continued: Capturing and sharing your learning

3. For each source of research, show

• Most important facts learned• Most important issues discovered• Most important similar spaces/situations• Most important people you came across and their contributions

4. Funniest/Wildest/ ideas from research

EMPATHY:Interviewing

Bad Interviewing: What we learned

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Good Interviewing: What we learned

1 2345

Interviewing: Capturing what was learned

Who did you meet? Describe your user.

What was the most surprising story you heard?

What did he/she care about the most?

What frustrates him/her?

What is he/she hoping for?

1. Have a “notetaker” write notes during the interview.

2. Each answer the following questions.

3. Post your answers and share your answers with the group

DEFINE: Empathy Maps

DEFINE: Extrapolating Needs

DEFINE: Unpacking One Need

Write a statement that captures your partner’s needs:

________ needs a way to _________ because_______________________.

DEFINE:Check Your Work

Hidden Insights?

Uncovering the words left unsaid…. No

Implied Solution!

Verb to start the second blank?

Deep Descriptions

?

IDEATE: Rules for BrainstormingHidden

Insights?Uncovering the

words left unsaid….

Rule #1: Do not judge ideas!

“If at first an idea doesn’t sound absurd, then there’s no hope for it”Albert Einstein

Rule #2: Wild ideas!

Rule #3: Build on the ideas of others

Rule #4: One conversation at a time

Rule #5: Be concise

Rule #6: Capture all the ideas

Rule #7: Use drawings and sketches

Rule #8: Lots of ideas!

IDEATE: Brainstorm Solutions…

go! Go! GO!!!

REFLECTION1) 1 thing I liked…2) 1 question I have…

IDEATE: Selecting Your Solution

PROTOTYPE

TESTING

ITERATING

SHARING

DESIGN THINKINGThe Process vs. Traditional Methods

DESIGN THINKINGThe Process vs. The Mindsets

DESIGN THINKING: The Process

DESIGN THINKING: The Mindsets

Design Thinkers have empathy. The process of solving problems is human-centered.


Design Thinkers are radical collaborators.Diverse Teams use a variety of skills andperspectives to solve sticky problems.


Design Thinkers linger in ambiguity.Before posing an answer, design thinkers immerse themselves in the

problem space and seek to view it from every angle.


Design Thinkers embrace experimentation.Don’t settle on one perfect solution. Try a few!

Exploration, examination and inquiry lead to insights and innovation.


Design Thinkers fail forward.Let’s reclaim failure as a positive experience.

Failure offers pearls of wisdom towards your next success.

Similarities between Design Thinking & Traditional Engineering Approaches

• Generating novel ideas and finding evidence • Relying on collaboration • Following a sequence of steps or cycles• Collecting and analyzing data, • Engaging an intentional creative process• Prototyping, testing, revision cycles• Communicating solutions in several formats

Distinguishing Aspects of Design Thinking

• User-centered with one focal user• Empathy is the focus and center of problem solving• Ideas come from many sources• Ambiguity is sought after/embraced• All ideas are solicited and considered• Entertaining “wild” ideas and completely• Seeking new solutions for a rapidly changing world

Design Thinking, the Utah Core, & the Cognitive Rigor Matrix

Your Challenge Success(Stories to tell in your comics)

Who were your team members?Who was your user? What did you learn from the user?What needs did the user have?What was the most surprising thing you learned from the user?What ideas came from your brainstorm?What was the most wacky idea you had?What did you prototype?What feedback did you get?Tell us something you learned about design thinking.

DESIGN THINKING

Applications to your work.

DESIGN THINKINGFinal Thoughts:

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