VISUAL TOOL: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FOR INNOVATION

ASSIGNMENT:REFLECTION IN DESIGN THINKING FOR INNOVATION

Visualization Tool are tools which may in a form of paper pen or marker

whiteboard materials, props, tables or diagrams, product miniature or

mock-up or even physical actions for audience to clearly understand

the speaker’s idea. This tool does not only apply to companies research

and development department but applies to everyday life of anyone.

Visualization starts in the very early age when we started to recognize

and explain words and objects. For instance, when toddlers asked by

mom to find and get this toy as describe there in her room’s toy box or

even before bed time when mom reads story. As cognitive and social

skills develop as one matures with the tools or medias around,

visualization becomes more applicable in everyday life as one

remember, analyze, imagine, solve problem or create solutions to

communicating or transmitting ideas up to its realization. Due to these,

this tool had become the very foundation of Design Thinking that brain

storming and mind mapping would be impossible without this tool.

It is always been a challenge when we communicate with people and

they can't get what we meant. This differs from person to person , from

a group of people to another. It is that they can't relate how we come

up with such thought or imagination. I experience this when teaching

Technical Drawing to different program of learners, or even in Logic

class during my first year of teaching in university. Some learners find it

difficult to understand diagrams the thought it implies. Because of

these, descriptions needs detailed and aided with further materials

and demos and sometimes requires interaction.

Back then, me and my friend were challenged by a non-government

children’s welfare advocate organization to design a product for

abused young girls in a Department of Social Welfare and

Development or DSWD center. At first, it was difficult for we cannot

relate to these children’s emotions and experiences. What we did is

that we visited them, we listened to their stories from their own personal

testimonies, we have saw their reactions and everyday life in the shelter.

We reflected and felt as if we are the ones suffering, we imagined their

griefs and traumas, visualized their unconscious responses to these

emotional dilemmas. Then What is and What ifs we applied, we brained

stormed, discussed their stories, their needs. We visualize whether such

design will remedy or answer their need.

Visualization is from internal, observing existing phenomenon like the

“What is” to the external, brained stormed ideas or the “What ifs” up to

the process of sample making to its testing. If given another opportunity

to handle this challenge, the tool of Story Telling might be a great

potential to yield more innovation studies. The nature of the case, the

abused little children is very touching. We only got to use the

Visualization Tool back then because of our limited time to complete

the project. If it was given much focus and an ample time, the Story

Telling Tool would I think work well.


VISUAL TOOL : INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FOR INNOVATION ASSIGNMENT : REFLECTION IN DESIGN THINKING FOR INNOVATION Visualization Tool are tools which may in a form of paper pen or marker whiteboard materials , props , tables or diagrams , product miniature or mock - up or even physical actions for audience to clearly understand the speaker ’s idea . This tool does not only apply to companies research and development department but applies to everyday life of anyone . Visualization starts in the very early age when we started to recognize and explain words and objects . For instance , when toddlers asked by mom to find and get this toy as describe there in her room ’s toy box or even before bed time when mom reads story . As cognitive and social skills develop as one matures with the tools or medias around , visualization becomes more applicable in everyday life as one remember , analyze , imagine , solve problem or create solutions to communicating or transmitting ideas up to its realization . Due to these , this tool had become the very foundation of Design Thinking that brain storming and mind mapping would be impossible without this tool . It is always been a challenge when we communicate with people and they ca n't get what we meant . This differs from person to person , from a group of people to another . It is that they ca n't relate how we come up with such thought or imagination . I experience this when teaching Technical Drawing to different program of learners , or even in Logic class during my first year of teaching in university . Some learners find it difficult to understand diagrams the thought it implies . Because of these , descriptions needs detailed and aided with further materials and demos and sometimes requires interaction . Back then , me and my friend were challenged by a non - government children ’s welfare advocate organization to design a product for abused young girls in a Department of Social Welfare and Development or DSWD center . At first , it was difficult for we can not relate to these children ’s emotions and experiences . What we did is that we visited them , we listened to their stories from their own personal testimonies , we have saw their reactions and everyday life in the shelter . We reflected and felt as if we are the ones suffering , we imagined their griefs and traumas , visualized their unconscious responses to these emotional dilemmas . Then What is and What ifs we applied , we brained stormed , discussed their stories , their needs . We visualize whether such design will remedy or answer their need . Visualization is from internal , observing existing phenomenon like the “ What is ” to the external , brained stormed ideas or the “ What ifs ” up to the process of sample making to its testing . If given another opportunity to handle this challenge , the tool of Story Telling might be a great potential to yield more innovation studies . The nature of the case , the abused little children is very touching . We only got to use the Visualization Tool back then because of our limited time to complete the project . If it was given much focus and an ample time , the Story Telling Tool would I think work well .