VISUALIZATION TOOL FOR DESIGNING A MAGAZINE

CHALLENGE-

The tool I used was the Visualization, or also known as Visual Thinking, to achieve a similar  thought process among a group of my college-mates. I use this approach often with my college  staffs and friends to make them understand my vision and to help me for creating something  extraordinary. I was appointed as the department head for the editorial team for the  department magazine. The challenge I was given was to deliver a magazine in 13 days with a  team consisting of 8 members. With the given short period of time, I had to make each and  every one of them to understand the problem and start working towards our common vision.

SELECTION-

Visualization  is any technique for creating images, diagrams, or animations to communicate a  message or to describe a vision. Visualization through visual imagery has been an effective way  to communicate between a group of individuals. It can be a drawing created by hand or digitally  showing what something will look like when created. They are used to plan for still images or  products and can be a rough sketch or a detailed final design.

APPLICATION-

I decided to gather the group around and made them sit in pair of two. To each pair I gave them  a sheet of paper with the problem and the thing that needed to be done. They responded by  adding their points. After getting their feedbacks and suggestions, I presented them few  pictures, videos and diagrams on board to make them understand the plan to finish the work in  such short duration.

INSIGHT-

The use of verbal communication or posting texts would have made it almost impossible for my  team to completely understand my vision and plan and finish the work in such short span of  time. By using the Visualization technique I was able to make them clearly understand the  situation and start working towards the plan, and within the short span of time, we completed  the magazine and were able to present it. Design thinking was effective for the team to think  out of the box and work smartly.

APPROACH-

This tool was very efficient in making other people understand and analyze what your common  vision and idea would look like. I started using this approach in day to day life to make others

share my idea and thinking. Design thinking method provides wide range of opportunities to  people to bring out different and innovative ideas and incorporate them to daily lives. This tool  helps me to give better and quick presentations to group of individuals and make them  understand each and every bit of it, to start working towards and finishing the work on time.

