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Peter Lloyd, Derek Jones, Emma Dewberry, Nicole Schadewitz
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Excellent idea, and one that will generate a bit of interest in the Blog too...
Commented Feb 18, 2013 on New blog design at U101: The Design Thinking Blog
New blog design
Now the blog has gone all modern and vertical - maybe we should go for a wee student competition to (re)design the header ... ? Anyone up for that ? & in other news, you might be glad to know that there is actually a website dedicated to the ampersand. That is all.
The first months
We have completed our Pilot study and are now in the data analysis phase. This is very challenging. We have recorded most of the SL and Flashmeeting sessions using a screen recording software. Handling the large data files that resulted from 2 hour design sessions is one challenge, but doing... Continue reading
Posted Jul 5, 2011 at ARCHI21
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The beginning ...
In early December 2010, the project team met in Paris for a kick-off meeting. In these 3 days, we were introduced to and discussed approaches to CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) and how these could be applied in Higher Education in Architecture and Design. We thought about our initial... Continue reading
Posted Feb 24, 2011 at ARCHI21
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Nice!
Commented Nov 27, 2009 on Drawing and thinking at U101: The Design Thinking Blog
Drawing and thinking
I just came across this lovely video of Milton Glaser talking about drawing and thinking whilst drawing a picture of Shakespeare... MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo. He must be familiar with what he's drawing to be able to do that and talk in a meaningful way at the same t...
This is a good find - some useful stuff on their, and similar to this blog.
Commented Oct 14, 2009 on Blog on DT and social change at U101: The Design Thinking Blog
Blog on DT and social change
I found an interesting blog on design thinking and social change: http://thinkdesignchange.com/ Maybe a bit academic for our students, but nevertheless a good link for us.
That's great! It shows a really good use of design thinking - this is what the world will be like...
Commented Sep 10, 2009 on Designing dreamworlds in German politics at U101: The Design Thinking Blog
Designing dreamworlds in German politics
Here is something for the global level > politics. We have elections in Germany this year. And while all party programmes look very much alike, the parties' 'utopia mini worlds' look very distinct. The design of qualities and ideal of such a model world helps to show the values of the party. Nic...
It's a great example to use, but I think it might fit better somewhere in Block 4 (Global). And perhaps something to point students to when they're doing the course (I like the 'reframe' that the students make, that fits in well with Problem Framing). Then again it's maybe a link you could put at the end. Thinking about it, it raises an interesting question: How do you get insight from observation? or what is the relationship between insight and observation? There is clearly an observation here (that premature most babies are born in rural places in Nepal) but it was realising that this was significant (or at least significant for the design process) that turned the whole problem around.
Commented Aug 23, 2009 on Embrace ... the $25 'incubator' at U101: The Design Thinking Blog
Embrace ... the $25 'incubator'
I just found this and wondered about using it on the observation 2 element? By visiting families in Nepal (the empathy phase - I love that word!) the students were able to reframe the problem of designing low-cost incubators and come up with a simple solution... From FORA.tv via BoingBoing
Yes, great video and great product. Such a simple thing when you see it. I like the way you can line up a few in the normal envelope of a normal plug.
Commented Aug 10, 2009 on folding plug at U101: The Design Thinking Blog
folding plug
Also an entry for the James Dyson Award is this folding plug: Not only do I want one (I'm a MacBook Air user myself) but I think the video is a very simple but effective presentation of the work - I also love the image of the envelope with the plug prongs sticking through.
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