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TY - JOUR
T1 - Designing creative frameworks: Design thinking as an engine for new facilitation approaches
AU - Cruickshank, Leon
AU - Evans, Martyn
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper documents implications and opportunities for the design profession offered by the rise of the knowledge society and digital economies. Within this we show the value of applied design thinking in the creation and delivery of business development and facilitation. Two case studies document the design and delivery of contrasting consultancy projects where the design of problem-solving frameworks (rather than conventional facilitation of events) resulted in new understanding and business development. These approaches were underpinned by a common conceptual model that describes our philosophical underpinning for the application of design thinking across disciplines both within and beyond traditional areas of professional design engagement. Finally, we discuss the implication for design practice of using design thinking as a mode of interdisciplinary interaction and cocreation of problem-solving approaches between designers and others (rather than an activity just for designers) which represents a step beyond conventional participatory design approaches.
AB - This paper documents implications and opportunities for the design profession offered by the rise of the knowledge society and digital economies. Within this we show the value of applied design thinking in the creation and delivery of business development and facilitation. Two case studies document the design and delivery of contrasting consultancy projects where the design of problem-solving frameworks (rather than conventional facilitation of events) resulted in new understanding and business development. These approaches were underpinned by a common conceptual model that describes our philosophical underpinning for the application of design thinking across disciplines both within and beyond traditional areas of professional design engagement. Finally, we discuss the implication for design practice of using design thinking as a mode of interdisciplinary interaction and cocreation of problem-solving approaches between designers and others (rather than an activity just for designers) which represents a step beyond conventional participatory design approaches.
KW - designing creative frameworks
KW - ImaginationLabs
KW - applied design thinking
KW - interdisciplinary creativity
KW - problem solving
KW - cocreation
KW - design profession
KW - knowledge society
KW - digital economies
U2 - 10.1504/IJART.2012.044337
DO - 10.1504/IJART.2012.044337
M3 - Journal article
VL - 5
SP - 73
EP - 85
JO - International Journal of Arts and Technology
JF - International Journal of Arts and Technology
SN - 1754-8853
IS - 1
ER -