Is There a Need for a Design Thinking Process?

Document Type : Translation

Author

Department of Industrial Design, University of Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Sequential process models play a core role in design thinking education, although design thinking principles ask for more adaptability and flexibility of design workflows than those models suggest. This paper explores how far there is a need for a design thinking process and suggests an alternative conceptualization that is both congruous with design thinking principles and viable for design thinking didactic.

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