Design Thinking – Final assignment

Visualization Reflection

Ramy Ana

As a vegan and living in Brazil I always struggle to find the appropriate products in the supermarket. In  our reality we do not have so much options like in USA or Europe, so we always need to read all the  ingredients at any product and check if they are vegan. There is no such thing as vegan sticker in the  package or something similar.

With this kind of situation by default I tend to use the tool, called Visualization in this course to find a  solution. With this tool we are able to see in a holistic way the problem, from the producer to the  consumer and how to made the two side work actively and together.

This tool allowed me to think in a different perspective than I was used to. Using a mind map to figure  out the actor involved gave me the opportunity to think in some different solutions. Also, by listening to  my friends who are vegans finally made me figure out a possible solution.

Actually, the state of art of my idea, is to develop a new app where people will be able to add new  products. And, me and some volunteer friends on the other side could check with the manufacturers if  the products are really vegan in case of some disagreement or missing information. As consequence, in  a reasonable amount of time we will have a good database, making the life of vegan people in Brazil  easier when going to the market.

After, this course, I would like to try to analyze the situation using the four tools mentioned. With this I  will be able to develop my ideas with a strong and analytical ways than before. I think that is still too  much work do, and before the development of this tool I will use the insights presented in this course to  improve it.

