Design Thinking for Innovation

Reflection – Visualization

 Challenge & Selection

Visualization is very smart design tool that we can use in many different ways, that  makes our ideas tangible and concrete for ease of communication while sharing  information to achieve a shared understanding among a group of designers before  defining some solutions to the problem. Using this tool allows us to think in a creative  way & pay attention to new possibilities that we haven't yet think about. As a designer,  I often use this technique of visualization in my field to present my idea clearly, which  ensures that the intended idea reaches all listeners and specialists, which contributes  to discussing it to discover the strengths and weaknesses of the project and share  solutions for improvement. This allows us all to learn from each other, even if we have  some differences of opinion.

 Application

As part of applying this tool, l usually start by defining the main idea to be studied and  visualized. I often use simple hand drawings (sketches) by using simple shapes and  some colors showing the proposed materials, which guarantee ease of understanding  depending on their simplicity, and thus to be discussed with all stakeholders who will  help a lot in developing it while we are in the initial stage, and in these visualizations, l  put in my mind to use some clear & easy symbols which can be very easy to  understand and contribute to the delivery of the idea and from here we start the first  stage of participation and discussion is to understand the needs of people, the labor  market and defining our targets, which ensures the development of the appropriate  product towards assured success.    For the discussion and activity, I often set a meeting for all stakeholders' participants,  where we present the main concept idea and the initial form through some  visualization, story maps & a detailed presentation of all its aspects. Then we open the  door for discussion and ideas sharing while trying to answer some important  questions, such as 1.  Has this product idea been used before?  2.  Are there any similar  products available in the market?  3. Who is using this product?  4. What is its  importance to its users?  5. What makes it different? During the presentation and  discussion, we always have some people to take notes and write all the comments and  opinions to be studied carefully later, as it may last for 30 minutes, we can discuss and  improve the conceptual sketches & visualizations through the reports and notes  provided, and this is what we will start working on after such meetings.

 Insight & Approach

By using this technology in the meetings and discussions, it has greatly contributed to  expanding the horizons of thinking and seeing problems from other points of view,  which develops our thinking and increases our focus on seeing the root of the  problem, understand it's variables, and work to find the best solutions for it. Instead of  thinking in a superficial way and jumping to take some random decisions. Also, the  graphics are easy to understand and discuss to find the defects in the main focal idea  of the project, which makes us all learn about the things that we may not pay attention  to.    That's why I always use graphics & but l will use it to explain my ideas and thoughts  from the beginning, to gain from discussing many ideas that may contribute to  developing my ideas.

