“Point of View.”
“How Might We…?”
User, Need & Insight
“point of view” is one part of design thinking process. It focuses on understanding users’ needs and insights into design themes, and the ultimate aim is to solve problems.
“How Might We” is for the designers to ask questions or pose challenges in his/her point of view. The problems or challenges that will eventually be solved at last.
For example, my choice of driver of change — ‘Upcycling’. ‘Upcycling’ is the process of converting old or discarded items into something useful and often beautiful. It is different from ‘Recycling’, ‘Recycling’ requires energy or water to break down materials, and ‘Upcycling’ only requires your own creativity and elbow grease.
POV
To creative up-cycling works stimulate people’s creativity and provide fun, creative ideas could give a new purpose and new value to something that would have otherwise been discarded. Meanwhile, up-cycling is a way to save money and resources and protect the environment.
HMW
How might we upcycle the items that no longer useful to artworks or another form of daily necessities? Such as wine bottles, cans, newspapers, mild cartons, tires, suitcases, jeans, etc.
What’s might stopping us from upcycling does not have a set of specific methods and theories to teach people how to implement it? Upcycling is random and highly creative.
In what ways could we designing an application and website about upcycling that people could learn, share and discuss how to upgrade the junk in people’s daily life?
Why would we organise an exhibition dedicated to display the successful upcycling works that are highly creative, innovative and functional?
Reference list
Dam. R, (2017). Define and Frame Your Design Challenge by Creating Your Point Of View and Ask “How Might We”. [online] INTERACTION DESIGN FOUNDATION. Available at: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/define-and-frame-your-design-challenge-by-creating-your-point-of-view-and-ask-how-might-we[Accessed 21 Apr. 2018].
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