How Simple Ideas Lead to Discovery
How Simple Ideas Lead to Scientific Discovery: Right away I was intrigued with the idea that simplicity was the answer to my problems. After having issues trying to determine my team’s direction for project 4, I thought this talk might foreshadow the direction my thinking needed to go in. By the end of the talk […]
Reflection 4: A Team is more than the Sum of its Parts
Over my past four years at Sauder it seems like I am constantly working in 3-6 teams at a time. Every class has a huge group project due at the end of term where each member of the team receives the same grade. To say the least it is very stressful especially when you are […]
Reflection 4: Team Personas
So far the teamwork and dynamics that I’ve learned the most from was when we were brainstorming ideas for the Sauder open house. We went through the entire design process and came up with several ideas. I knew in my head that some of these ideas were not going to work but part of being […]
Design Thinking: Outside of the d.studio
Hi guys, As some of you touched on, people always ask say, “Whoa, that classroom look cool! What do you do?” There is no exact or obvious answer, because we- d.studio students- do a lot of different activities in and outside of the classroom. After listing out activities such as listening to entrepreneurs, working with […]
Open House Idea Generation
Last week in the studio, we were given the opportunity to work in small teams to come up with ideas on how to showcase the d.Studio in the upcoming Sauder Open House. We were very enthusiastic and jumped right in! However, after reading Beckman and Barry’s innovation process, I feel that our group, or at […]
Reflection 3: Understanding of the design process
The design process is not something that is simple and easy to understand. There are numerous different models and process to follow but evidently they all end up some what the same. The design process involves steps, steps that require thinking, time, effort and determination. As Schon’s Reflection-in-Action, or Beckman’s integration of the learning process […]