by Didier Ma | Oct 6, 2021 | Development Practice S1
People often think of designers as the unlimited source of innovations and creativity. The truth is that it’s wrong. It’s often required different methods and collaboration to foster ideas. I believe that great designers use different tools to effectively ideate and...
by Didier Ma | Oct 9, 2021 | Development Practice S1
I love prototyping, and I love rapid ideation. These are the best design tools to validate designers’ ideas and solutions without the additional overhead to engineer the real thing. In my opinion, rapid ideation can help bring concepts to reality in a very...
by Didier Ma | Oct 16, 2021 | Development Practice S1
This week revealed the theme of the first rapid ideation session. It consisted of a surrealist Dixit card and a news article of our choice. The surrealist Dixit card is a little child-like person holding a sword in front of a giant blue dragon, appearing fire and...
by Didier Ma | Oct 23, 2021 | Development Practice S1
This week, we focused on critical reflection and deliberate practice. I have been in design for many years now. I gained a lot of knowledge through my journey from day one. After all these years, I have always known that design was my passion – I like solving...
by Didier Ma | Oct 27, 2021 | Development Practice S1
It had been six weeks into the course, and I struggled to find the time and the right rhythm. This week gave me much-needed time to catch up and reflect on improving my project and time management. Last week, I set one of my goals to spend an additional hour every day...