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Processes by which design concepts are developed
Design thinking refers to the set of cognitive, strategic and practical procedures used by designers in the process of designing, and to the body of knowledge that has been developed about how people reason when engaging with design problems. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Design thinkingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: TransUNet: Rethinking the U-Net architecture design for medical image segmentation through the lens of transformersInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Design Thinking ResearchThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Conceptual and design thinking for thematic analysis.Cited 4,327 times
- Go sideways: Design methodsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Design researchA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun the application of a defined set of cognitive, strategic and practical processes to develop design concepts
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Conceptual and design thinking for thematic analysis.
Design of Thinking Design Machine
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Food Design Thinking: A Branch of Design Thinking Specific to Food Design
Interpreting Design Thinking
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🆕 Influential since 2022
TransUNet: Rethinking the U-Net architecture design for medical image segmentation through the lens of transformers
Large Separable Kernel Attention: Rethinking the Large Kernel Attention design in CNN
Connecting Science, Design Thinking, and Computational Thinking through Sports
Design Thinking with AI
Design Thinking na educação
📚 Books worth reading
Design Thinking ResearchHasso Plattner, Christoph Meinel · 2012
Structure for architectsRamsey Dabby · 2011
SprintJake Knapp, John Zeratsky · 2001
Grundlagen der klassischen TRIZMichael A. Orloff · 2002- 📕Design ThinkingTeun den Dekker · 2020
Structure of the visual bookKeith A. Smith · 1984
Developing Creative Thinking in Beginning DesignStephen Temple · 2018- 📕Play in Creative Problem-Solving for Planners and ArchitectsRon Kasprisin · 2016
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