On 19 March dr. Wouter Eggink will present a compelling overview of the history of design in its societal context leading up to the current development called Design Thinking.
Design Thinking is a hot topic. Increasingly it is acknowledged that the way of thinking and working of designers can be used, not only for traditional product design, but also as a creative strategy to address complex societal challenges. Design concepts developed in a design-research project will typically help all stakeholders to reflect on the situation that they find themselves in, and learn to see the situation in a new light. This ‘reframing’ of the problem can help to achieve the necessary, out-of-the-box breakthrough innovation. Design thinking puts the human user at the centre of its concerns while at the same time looking at problems holistically, incorporating multiple levels of complexity. A good design project taps into the personal experience of people, social structures, organizational processed, societal forces and technological developments. The lectures are accessible to a wide audience.
Design Honours Lecture Series
The Design Honours Lectures are a series of lectures that introduce various topics around the general theme of Design Research and Design Thinking, hosted in DesignLab at University of Twente. They are open to anyone interested. The lectures are part of the Master honours design course curriculum at the University of Twente.
