Design Thinking.
Highly successful companies, such as Apple, Virgin, Toyota, Nest, and others, innovate continuously because of their culture of design-thinking. When done right, this thinking links inspiration and passion to execution and delivery—positively affecting every facet of multiple products and services.
For students to be successful at work, they need to know how designers think when approaching not only graphic design and creative tasks, but also engineering, business, entrepreneurial, and just plain old everyday problem solving tasks. Most of all, students especially need design-thinking skills when working within a team or leading a team. In this course, students undertake a design-centered approach to conceive radical innovative solutions, while creating visions that gets buy-in from instructors and peers. Students learn to create solutions via team based learning that people love both emotionally and intellectually.
Students learn to rapidly create and refine a vision for any product or service using a 5-phase approach to align technical and non-technical audiences. In the Multimedia Communications department, we work with Stanford University's Design Thinking For Educators.
Please see the below student briefs from both Stanford University and the Multimedia Communications instructional staff.
 Think MapOur path to problem solving and innovation. |  IdeationWe wanted to capture the journeys of the ideation process for a high school audience via the Stanford Mixtape Editions. The current editions were much too text heavy for a high school audience – ages ranging from 14 to 18. We wanted to simplify the existing content starting with the ideation phase. These pieces will live Online, and in printed form as a curriculum aid in our classroom. |  WorkbookThis workbook from Stanford University includes step-by-step instructions for completing a design challenge using the design thinking process. This workbook is a quickstart guide to the design thinking process and is best used in combination with the Design Thinking for Educators Toolkit. |
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 RubricOur Design Thinking Rubric |  MethodsStanford's bootcamp bootleg. |  HamstersTo view the hamster cage activity, click here. |
 StorybookThe storybook brief is part of a larger integrated project that ends in the production of both a stop motion video. To view, please click the link below. |  SpaghettiTo view the Spaghetti and Marshmallow Exercise, please click the link below. |  5 ChairsTo view the five chairs activity, click here. |
 5 Chairs Prompt5 Chairs Prompt - To view the five chairs prompt activity, please click the link below. |  RamenTo view the Ramen Noodle activity, click here. |  Ramen Sticker BookTo view the Ramen Noodle sticker book click here. |
 Welcome FreshmenTo view the welcome Freshmen activity, click here. |  WalletDesign Thinking presentation from Stanford's D School. |  Car RepairCar Maintenance |
 Love/Breakup Letter |  IdentityIdentity and Exploration. Discover Yourself. |
To view the results of some of the above projects click the icons below:
