So I am entering into week 4 of design it.It has been an interesting subject so far.I am looking forward to the coming weeks.So in week 4,I learned about difference between problem solving and problem finding.So this picture was shown in class and professor asked us to say if this is a problem solving or problem finding.So many people had different opinions for this.Some people felt this as problem solving and some felt it as problem finding.For me, it felt as a problem finding.
1.The suggestions with which we came up is double helical cone with a spoon attached to it so that our hands won't get dirty and we can eat the whole ice cream and if we use a double helical cone, ice cream won't go down easily and it will not get wasted
fig 1:Problem solving or problem finding
I understood that Design thinking is actually an approach that can find problems rather than a just a problem solving methodology.
So we were involved in an Activity where we have to transform all the circles in a given paper to something recognisable.we were given 2 minutes.I transformed the circles into emoticons,different geometric shapes,various small things,some alphabets etc.This activity was really interesting .I had no idea what I had to do when I was given a paper with 30 circles in it.after 2 minutes, I come up with many ideas which I didn't think about in the beginning.So this activity made me realise slowly slowly I am getting deeper into design thinking subject. The rest of lecture includes Brainstorming ideas and Fifty phrases that kill creativity.
So we were involved in an Activity where we have to transform all the circles in a given paper to something recognisable.we were given 2 minutes.I transformed the circles into emoticons,different geometric shapes,various small things,some alphabets etc.This activity was really interesting .I had no idea what I had to do when I was given a paper with 30 circles in it.after 2 minutes, I come up with many ideas which I didn't think about in the beginning.So this activity made me realise slowly slowly I am getting deeper into design thinking subject. The rest of lecture includes Brainstorming ideas and Fifty phrases that kill creativity.
fig 1:Activity 1
Next Activity was a group activity.we were asked to form small groups and choose one item or multiple items) and come up with three different but new/innovative ideas to improve/change the item, problem or activity.
we selected three items from the listed items that were ice cream cone, car side mirror issue and protecting newspaper while raining.
fig 2 : Activity 2
1.The suggestions with which we came up is double helical cone with a spoon attached to it so that our hands won't get dirty and we can eat the whole ice cream and if we use a double helical cone, ice cream won't go down easily and it will not get wasted
2.For car side mirror issue,as we don't have a wiper at the side mirror and while driving this may lead to a problem and so we suggested to introduce a vacuum pipe at the mirror which can blow the air and moves the water from side mirror and makes it visible.
3.news paper while raining gets wet in order to avoid this problem we came up with wrapping cover to cover it and store it properly and this can help it to be dry and safe.
These were the ideas we came up with and we presented it.We compared our ideas with ideas from other groups and we modified our ideas accordingly.This activity reminds me of problem solving techniques I know and I used in my life.
The 3rd activity was also really engaging.we were shown different pictures on the topic 'A day at the beach' and asked us to find out is there any problems which can be solved by design thinking.The problem I observed was people are carrying luggages by lifting it.Also leaving the possessions unattended is another problem. The possible solutions I came up with is that they should use suitcases which had wheels which is really a easy way to carry things.We can also use a tool to safely put our mobiles and belongings which can be digged on to sand and placed near our head when we rest.
The 3rd activity was also really engaging.we were shown different pictures on the topic 'A day at the beach' and asked us to find out is there any problems which can be solved by design thinking.The problem I observed was people are carrying luggages by lifting it.Also leaving the possessions unattended is another problem. The possible solutions I came up with is that they should use suitcases which had wheels which is really a easy way to carry things.We can also use a tool to safely put our mobiles and belongings which can be digged on to sand and placed near our head when we rest.
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