Design Challenge
Design an innovative [event in sprint] experience for [someone].
- graduation trip / for university students
- hanami / for business people
- welcome party / for new comers
(Your team can choose 1, 2, or 3.)
Final Report
Hekybajo
Design Prompt: welcome party
Necomimi
Design Prompt: graduation trip
FRISK
Design Prompt: Lab trip
婆娑羅電気
Design Prompt: welcome party
横浜 lovers
Design Prompt: 歓迎会
Schedule
[DTFa-1] 4/10 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Module 1: Introduction to Design Thinking
Assignment/Homework:
- Create team’s channel on slack, and get used to the slack.
[DTFa-2] 4/17 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Module 2: Research + Inspiration
Assignment/Homework:
Individually, do design researches:
- User Research (interview + transcription): 2+ people
- Observation (taking photos + descrription): 1+ places
- Analogous Inspiration: 1+ analogies
Put them together as a PDF file and share the link in Slack#homework-20170417.
[DTFa-3] 4/24 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Module 3: Synthesis + Opportunity Areas
Assignment/Homework:
Individually, do the following steps for your design challenge and summarize in a on-page PDF file.
- Additional User Research (interview + transcription) optional
- POV (need and insight): 2 or more
- HMW question: 2 or more for each of your POV.
Post the link to Slack#homework-20170424.
[DTFa-4] 5/01 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Module 4: Ideation + Concept Development
Assignment/Homework:
Individually, run through from “Synthesis” to “Concept Development” (a.k.a. from “Define” to “Ideate”):
- Read other’s report and/or do more your own research
- make/choose your POV(s)
- make/choose your HMW(s)
- Create new 4-panel-comic(s)
- 1st panel: Introduce the user and his/her situation.
- 2nd: “Before” experience (problem statement)
- 3rd: Introduce your solution
- 4th: “After” experience (user outcome / happiness)
Summarize in a on-page PDF file and post the link to Slack#homework-20170501.
[DTFa-5] 5/08 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Module 5: Prototype
Assignment/Homework:
Individually, refine your idea using feedbacks.
- Draw a sheet of concept sketch.
Please upload the link to Slack#homework-20170508 by 11:00am 5/15 Monday.
[DTFa-6] 5/15 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Module 5: Prototype
- Module 6: Business Design
- Module 7: Storytelling
Assignment/Homework:
- Individually, please bring a “strange object”.
- As a group, please start preparing the final presentation.
[DTFa-7] 5/22 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Module 7: Storytelling
[DTFa-8] 5/29 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Module 8: Final Presentation
Assignment/Homework
- [As a individual] Please answer the questions in the Google Form.
- [As a group] Please submit a report to
#homework-20170529as a PDF file. The report should clearly show the contents in the report template.
