NPF 558 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wicked Problem, Rogue Trooper, Design Thinking
Document Summary
Over the past few years, there has been an increasing interest in design outside of design professions and design education. Professionals and educators from all backgrounds started borrowing methods and skills from expert designers and using then in non-traditional design situations. Companies are now hiring designers to boost their competitiveness, and they expect others to know design. Design vocabulary has also infiltrated other disciplines and professions. Overall, a rising proposition that every professional is/can be/should be a designer. Some of the reasons that contributed to the rising interest in design include: The world is more connected than ever. Innovation needs to address ecological and human challenges. The rising need for creative problem-solvers at work, in the classroom, in society. Designers are trained creatively, collaboratively, address ill-defined, & wicked problems. Design thinking was born out of the public"s interest in design outside of design. It is a creative methodology that borrows practices common amongst expert designers.
