Or, the importance of defining intentions. Imagine you have spent a few good hours of work on your own before you realize that you have headed down a tangent that was not really part of your original destination. Exciting, if you’re out to wonder. Frustrating if you’re part of a team and others have done the…

The first step of Design Thinking can provide a better understanding of circumstances, and help us gain a different perspective. — Are you sure you and I see the same thing? And are you sure we understand the same thing, based on what we see? Do we have the same reading of the circumstance? If we are to walk together, isn’t it worthwhile acknowledging each other’s perspective? Not arguing or competing…

Οr, considering practical aspects of the design process with a business outlook. — As a designer and design educator, I understand design as a messy, creative, extrovert, esoteric, synthetic, and analytic practice, that can be chaotic, organized, liberating, oppressive, intuitive, structured, and fun. Sometimes, all at once, with the scope of creating “a plan for arranging elements to accomplish a particular purpose”, as…