Concept mapping is a design synthesis method, best used for: building an understanding of a domain thinking through and illustrating a…
Design for emergence is a design paradigm that aims to address the long-tail user-need problem: while we can design for the most common…
Synthesis in design is the process of making sense of design-problem-related input (brief, research data etc.) that leads to ultimately…
Cognitive bias where the more you invest in something, the more commited you are to it. It's the idea behind persuasion principle of…
Rachel Hinman offers a three step framework for Design synthesis after gathering lots of data from research: What we heard and saw Capture…
While brainstorming in groups is very common, it's not very effective. Research has found that when people generate ideas alone, they…
There are benefits to providing design specifications just in time for development. Just-in-time means: in small iterations only what is…
Being playful plays an important role during design synthesis. It allows people to think divergently, to come up with new ideas. As Jon…
Design research is about generating data that can unlock innovative ideas. Kolko talks about innovation as something that isn't just new but…
Tendency to look only at something that succeeded ("survived") and forgetting to take failures into account. A common error in thinking…
Design paradigm that puts the user in the center of the design process by studying their needs and designing around them. Tags: design…
Design should be validated in proportion to the usability risk there is. It's not necessary to validate every design via Usability testing…
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