Resources

Design Approaches

Mistakes are the Portals of Discovery

As we all know there are many ways to approach a problem, but there are some staple activities that never go out of fashion. Fortunately for users all over the world, service providers and product creators are adopting design thinking and user centred design, putting the user at the centre of their discovery and evaluation processes. You're probably familiar with all of these if you're already in UX ... if not, what have you been doing all this time?

All Design Approaches are in pdf format.

  • Design Thinking

    Design Thinking is a methodology used by designers to solve complex problems and find desirable solutions.

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  • Participatory Design

    Participatory design is a design approach that emerged in the late 1960s/early 1970s as a result of the desire for producers to communicate complex systems to their end users.

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  • User Centred Design

    The user centred design process is a framework used throughout the design and development lifecycle of a product which focuses on gaining a deep understanding of who will be using the product.

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  • Creativity Workshops

    Creativity workshops give you the opportunity to bring together individuals from across a team or organisation, to focus on and tackle a problem or new concept.

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