A primer in coaching design thinking

Letting go of pride, expertise and other things held dear

I’ve just finished my fifth go at running a large, studio-based design thinking course at The University of Queensland (UQ). At UQ, design…

Insights of the project ‘Lungs of the city’

Smart cities discourses were always tied up with issues of environmental…

Reflection of Ezi-Worm

Looking back through this summer project and the process from research to development of the probe, Ezi-Worm, it has been continuously re-iterated after every user testing. Quite frankly, this is what it means to design a product. Each design and development process has never been seen as…

Case Study And Reflection: The Clouds And Twinkly Lights Project

Case study

Connected Communities: Sand Project

The Garden project 2017 wants to explore the concept of Smart Cities that is focused on the…

The Garden Project: Evaluation of Sand Project

The Garden Project addresses the concept of Smart Cities that focuses on the the citizens , where they are engaged and empowered to address problems in the city that are relevant to their quality of life(Lange and Wall, 2013).

People and the fear of terminology

When beginning a design project and starting to interact with a potential user base, you have to learn who is going to be using the final product. Not just saying that you going to deliver a product but delivering a product for them. From early interactions and…

The Sand Project: Reflection

The Sand Project aims to contribute to the user’s intrapersonal relationships by creating an interactive and…

Reflection On EZI-WORM

There were thousands of times I doubted our project or even wanted to give it up. The reason for this mind is that the…