Syllabus
Design Thinking Fundamentals – TOKYO TECH OCW
Design Challenge
Design an innovative [event in sprint] experience for [someone].
- graduation trip / for university students
- relationship / between Senpai and Kohai
- welcome party / for new comers
(Your team can choose 1, 2, or 3.)
Schedule
[DTFa-1] 4/09 (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] 4/16 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Module 2: Research + Inspiration
Assignment/Homework:
Individually, do design researches:
- User Research (interview + transcription): 3+ 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-20180423.
[DTFa-3] 4/23 (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
Post the link to Slack#homework-20180507.
[DTFa-4] 5/07 (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-20180514.
[DTFa-5] 5/14 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Module 5: Prototype
Assignment/Homework:
- As an individual, refine your concept according to the today’s feedback. Then, make a prototype by yourself!
- Complete the EDP concept sheets (POV, HMW, Product sketch, Storyboard) and upload them together with the photo of your prototypeto slack
#homework-20180521 - you can find them: https://edp.esd.titech.ac.jp/resources/toolkit/
[DTFa-6] 5/21 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Module 6: Storytelling
Assignment/Homework:
- Your group’s current best POV, HMWQ, Product Sketch, and Storyboard. (Each group is asked to make a 3min presentation in the begininng of the class.)
- Please use the EDP worksheets, which are available here: https://edp.esd.titech.ac.jp/resources/toolkit/
- Please upload your group’s worksheets in PDF file to a google drive and submit the link to
#homework-20180528. ( One submittion from each team! )
[DTFa-7] 5/28 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Preparation for the Final Presentation
[DTFa-8] 6/4 (mon) 13:20-16:35
- Module 7: Final Presentation
Assignment/Homework
- [As a team] Please submit the presentation slide to
#final-presentation-a. - [As an individual] Please answer the questions in the Google Form.
