AlfayardinDesign Thinking for Social InnovationTackling youth unemployment in marginalized community and environmental racism through serviceUnemployment among young adults from marginalized communities and environmental racism —are two major social challenges in urban America…3 min read·Feb 10, 2024--1--1
AlfayardinDesign Thinking for Social InnovationWelcome to Design Thinking for Social InnovationWelcome to this blog which will be a space for us to share, and discuss ideas, examples (of innovation, products, and services) and…1 min read·Feb 7, 2024----
AlfayardinDesign Thinking for Social InnovationThinking with Legos… and your handsLast Monday we explored collaborating, and prototyping, with Legos.4 min read·Apr 8, 2023--2--2
AlfayardinDesign Thinking for Social InnovationPrototyping to learnLast week, we had a fun activity (sumo dogs) led by Francisco Tenente, founder of 3DWays where he shared his prototyping philosophy (we can…4 min read·Apr 2, 2023--1--1
AlfayardinDesign Thinking for Social InnovationSketching for collaborative ideationToday we explored visual thinking and sketching for collaboration based on a session I developed with Aileen Wilson, Professor at Pratt…4 min read·Feb 27, 2023--1--1
AlfayardinDesign Thinking for Social InnovationCreative collaboration and thinking holisticallyYesterday, we started by a short creativity exercise that allowed us to play between flexibility (coming up with ideas using a derivative…5 min read·Feb 7, 2023--1--1
AlfayardinDesign Thinking for Social InnovationA liter of light (Reflection 1)I first read about this project in Philippine slums where they were capturing light in a bottle nearly a decade ago. I loved the…2 min read·Jan 31, 2023--1--1
AlfayardinDesign Thinking for Social InnovationReflection 1: How a small hygiene-pad making machine can revolutionize menstrual health and empower…Muruganantham, a school dropout from a poor family in southern India developed a sanitary pad making that revolutionized menstrual health…2 min read·Feb 1, 2022--2--2
AlfayardinDesign Thinking for Social InnovationWelcome!Welcome to Design Thinking for Social Innovation blog: a space to share, reflect and collaborate for our course at NOVA SBE.1 min read·Jan 27, 2022----