Design Challenge

Design an innovative [event in sprint] experience for [someone].

1. graduation trip / for university students
2. hanami / for business people
3. welcome party / for new comers

(Your team can choose 1, 2, or 3.)

Final Report

Hekybajo

Design Prompt: welcome party

Necomimi

Design Prompt: graduation trip

FRISK

Design Prompt: Lab trip

婆娑羅電気

Design Prompt: welcome party

横浜 lovers

Design Prompt: 歓迎会

Schedule

[DTFa-1] 4/10 (mon) 13:20-16:35

• Module 1: Introduction to Design Thinking

Assignment/Homework:

• Create team’s channel on slack, and get used to the slack.

[DTFa-2] 4/17 (mon) 13:20-16:35

• Module 2: Research + Inspiration

Assignment/Homework:

Individually, do design researches:

• User Research (interview + transcription): 2+ people
• Observation (taking photos + descrription): 1+ places
• Analogous Inspiration: 1+ analogies

Put them together as a PDF file and share the link in Slack#homework-20170417.

[DTFa-3] 4/24 (mon) 13:20-16:35

• Module 3: Synthesis + Opportunity Areas

Assignment/Homework:

Individually, do the following steps for your design challenge and summarize in a on-page PDF file.

• Additional User Research (interview + transcription) optional
• POV (need and insight): 2 or more
• HMW question: 2 or more for each of your POV.

Post the link to Slack#homework-20170424.

[DTFa-4] 5/01 (mon) 13:20-16:35

• Module 4: Ideation + Concept Development

Assignment/Homework:

Individually, run through from “Synthesis” to “Concept Development” (a.k.a. from “Define” to “Ideate”):

• Read other’s report and/or do more your own research
• make/choose your POV(s)
• make/choose your HMW(s)
• Create new 4-panel-comic(s)
  • 1st panel: Introduce the user and his/her situation.
  • 2nd: “Before” experience (problem statement)
  • 3rd: Introduce your solution
  • 4th: “After” experience (user outcome / happiness)

Summarize in a on-page PDF file and post the link to Slack#homework-20170501.

[DTFa-5] 5/08 (mon) 13:20-16:35

• Module 5: Prototype

Assignment/Homework:

Individually, refine your idea using feedbacks.

• Draw a sheet of concept sketch.

Please upload the link to Slack#homework-20170508 by 11:00am 5/15 Monday.

[DTFa-6] 5/15 (mon) 13:20-16:35

• Module 5: Prototype
• Module 6: Business Design
• Module 7: Storytelling

Assignment/Homework:

• Individually, please bring a “strange object”.
• As a group, please start preparing the final presentation.

[DTFa-7] 5/22 (mon) 13:20-16:35

• Module 7: Storytelling

[DTFa-8] 5/29 (mon) 13:20-16:35

• Module 8: Final Presentation

Assignment/Homework

• [As a individual] Please answer the questions in the Google Form.
• [As a group] Please submit a report to #homework-20170529 as a PDF file. The report should clearly show the contents in the report template.

Information

• Slack: https://cbec-dtf-2017.slack.com