Debriefing the Design Project Zero Activity

View after you’ve completed DP0

Questions

“How did listening to your partner inform your design?”

“How did testing and getting feedback impact your final design?”

“What was the most challenging part of the process for you?”

The key to leading this conversation is to relate the activity to the big takeaways you want to illustrate.

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Some core values of design thinking

Some core values of design thinking

Human-centered design: Empathy for the person or people you are designing for, and feedback from users, is fundamental to good design.

Experimentation and prototyping: Prototyping is not simply a way to validate your idea; it is an integral part of your innovation process. We build to think and learn.

A bias towards action: Design “thinking” is a misnomer; it is more about doing that thinking. Bias toward doing and making over thinking and meeting.

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Some core values of design thinking

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Show don’t tell: Creating experiences, using illustrative visuals, and telling good stories communicate your vision in an impactful and meaningful way.

Power of iteration: The reason we go through this exercise at a frantic pace is that we want people to experience a full design cycle. A person’s fluency with design thinking is a function of cycles, so we challenge participants to go through as many cycles as possible—interview twice, sketch twice, and test with your partner twice. Additionally, iterating solutions many times within a project is key to successful outcomes.

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