Priyanka Khan

DESIGN THINKING TOOL

VISUALISATION

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DESIGN THINKING TOOL: VISUALIZATION

CHALLENGES AND SELECTION

Visualization is a technique for creating images, diagrams, or animations to communicate a

message. Visualization through visual imagery has been an effective way to communicate

both abstract and concrete ideas since the dawn of man. It is the first design thinking tool

used in this course.

It is a core component of the way that we communicate, whether we are aware of it or not.

When we are dealing with very complex problems, we are actually enacting a different kind

of problem. Visualization is really important in all fields and especially for the process of

design as it is a way of unlocking a different part of brain. It allows us to think in a nonverbal

way.  Visualization allows us to access parts of our brain, parts of our creativity, that we

might not normally be using in our conversation. Most people will tell you, especially those

who are in the field of management i.e from business world, that they are not artistic and

they cannot draw. Visualization isn't really about drawing  , though. It's actually about visual

thinking.

When we move on into pattern finding, that's where we start to think visually. When we get

to concept development or designing something visualization becomes incredibly key.

Because concepts are literally coming out of our imagination. And our brain is creating

pictures of something that doesn't yet exist.

APPLICATION

Visualization and expressing data is very mandatory thing to do while you represent your

idea. It is very important for the user to know what exactly you want to express. Visualization

today has ever-expanding applications in science, education, engineering (e.g., product

visualization), interactive multimedia, medicine, etc. Typical of a visualization application is

the field of computer graphics. The invention of computer graphics may be the most

important development in visualization since the invention of central perspective in

the Renaissance period. The development of animation also helped advance visualization.

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The use of visual representations to transfer knowledge between at least two persons aims

to improve the transfer of knowledge by using computer and non-computer-based

visualization  methods  complementarily.  Examples  of  such  visual  formats

are sketches, diagrams, images, objects, interactive visualizations, information visualization

applications, and imaginary visualizations as in stories. While information visualization

concentrates on the use of computer-supported tools to derive new insights, knowledge

visualization focuses on transferring insights and creating new knowledge in groups. Beyond

the mere transfer of facts, knowledge visualization aims to further transfer insights,

experiences, attitudes, values, expectations, perspectives, opinions, and predictions by using

various complementary visualizations.

The use of visualization to present information is not a new phenomenon. It has been used

in maps, scientific drawings, and data plots for over a thousand years. Being in the field of

architecture we have to think a lot about our designs like how its façade will look? , will the

plan work? , if the design fulfill client need? And lot more. First of all we imagine how our

building design is going to be if that design is not possible we still  think of making it working.

This is known as Creative visualization.

Creative visualization, which is a mental technique that uses the imagination to make dreams

and goals come true. Used in the right way, creative visualization can improve your life and

attract to you success and prosperity. It is a power that can alter your environment and

circumstances, cause events to happen, and attract money, possessions, work, people and

love into your life. Creative visualization uses the power of the mind, and is the power behind

every success. By visualizing a certain event, situation, or an object, you attract it into our

life. It is a process that is similar to daydreaming. For some people, this might look like magic,

but there is no magic involved, only the natural process of the power of thoughts and natural

mental laws. Visualization helped to visualize abstract forms of data such as directory or file

structures on a computer, the information content of books, hyper-text documents on the

web or other forms of abstract data i.e while thinking about some concept a blurred image is

formed in our minds which gives us an idea and helps to develop our concept.

We might utilize photographs at that point to make sure that we understand what the

concept is like. As we move forward into prototyping, we get much more detailed in the way

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that we start to visualize. Then we create very complex diagrams, or maps of how we think

the customer experience ideally is going to work. As we have to design for client we have to

think like our client and before designing anything we have to know about client’s

requirements.

INSIGHT AND APPROACH

What I have learned from this is that Pictures and images enable us to not only

help people understand what it is we're trying to do, but to help really persuade them in the

worthiness of, that particular idea, or, the strength of, of that concept. So on the off chance

that I was presenting another administration and I was really depending on various

individuals in the field to, to have the capacity to convey this, this support of an arrangement

of clients. They have to see precisely how I expect this to function and I may utilize story

sheets, I may attempt to make visual situations. However, they have to comprehend what it

is we're attempting to do as such that they can really make a powerful testing environment

for that thought. The exhortation I would provide for agents who were keen on enhancing

their perception abilities would be instantly, just to rehearse. It's the sort of thing where once

you start to utilize the ability. What's more, it can be a bit of scaring at first. In any case, I feel

that individuals will find that once they begin getting in the propensity for doing that, you

rapidly perceive how whatever remains of the room reacts to you when you get up and you

begin drawing.

I observed that the most valuable aspect is the shared insight and learning , in future also I

would prefer using this design thinking tool. As it makes easier to understand design

problems.

