PDS
Season 7

Schools around the world are incorporating design thinking into their curricula. Watch the videos below and notice the research, ideation and prototyping modes, as well as all the skills the teams use. In an integrated design process, creative modes are blended together seamlessly in the same space. Analysis flows into ideation and prototyping.

• Students Use Design Thinking to Redesign Penn Station
• Students Use Design Thinking to Design a Water Filter
• Students Use Design Thinking to Design a New Sport
• IDEO Nightline Video

In the following video, designers conduct interviews as part of the design process. Notice how they ask “why” and other open-ended questions to gain an understanding of the experiences of the interviewee.

• Empathy Interview

In the following videos, students engage in brainstorming sessions. Notice the way that the participants engage with one another’s ideas and how their behavior leads to the generation of multiple ideas.

• Brainstorming at the Stanford d.school (if you are short on time, start the video at minute 5:30)
• Example of Brainstorming Session with Biodesign Fellows at Stanford

In 2010, Vanity Fair called architect Frank Gehry “the most important architect of our age.” In this excerpt from a documentary about Gehry’s work, Gehry can be seen using paper to build architectural prototypes.

• Architect Frank Gehry’s Prototyping Process

In the following video, designer Tom Chi shares the Google team’s process for prototyping Google Glass.

• TedTalk on Rapid Prototyping Google Glass

In the following video, students from Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design build prototypes for a furniture design workshop.

• Brown and RISD Students’ Prototyping Process

The following video provides a succinct explanation and demonstration of how to use paper prototyping.

• Quick Video on Paper Prototyping

The following video shows how Google Ventures tests products through user interviews.

• Google Ventures Conducts a User Interview 

Eighteen-year-old Lani Lazzari successfully pitched her company, Simple Sugars, on the fourth season of the TV show Shark Tank. Lazzari’s presentation serves as an excellent example of a powerful pitch. Despite being one of the youngest contestants ever to appear on the show, Lazzari delivers an unusually confident and compelling demo and pitch of her skin care product, Simple Sugars, to the Shark Tank investors.

• Shark Tank Simple Sugars Pitch

At TEDGlobal 2009, founder of Lifesaver, Michael Pritchard, shared the story of his revolutionary product that provides people with access to safe drinking water. There is much to learn from his compelling demonstration and storytelling.

• TED Talk: How to Make Filthy Water Drinkable

Misen Cookware founders pitch their idea for high-quality, beautifully-designed and affordable cookware to the Kickstarter community through a well-crafted video and informative website.

• Misen Cookware Kickstarter Campaign 

HP Challenge

Design a new HP LIFE course that encourages entrepreneurship amongst youth in the GCC region and propose a creative way to promote the course.

• Gold - International Academy Amman
• Silver - United International Private School
• Bronze - Applied Technology High School, AQB Campus
• Most Innovative - Applied Technology High School, AQB Campus

Hunter Foods Challenge

Design a potato chip product “without borders” that can be enjoyed all over the world with universally appealing flavors and one stand-out visual language.

• Gold - Amity International School Pushp Vihar
• Silver - Amity International School Vasundhara Sector-6
• Bronze - American Community School in Abu Dhabi
• Most Innovative - Delhi Private School, Dubai

Louvre Abu Dhabi Challenge

Design an intervention in one of the outdoor spaces at Louvre Abu Dhabi that engages youth with the museum’s identity, narrative, architecture and collections.

• Gold - ADEK - Mixed Schools - Amity School International Abu Dhabi
• Silver - International Academy Amman
• Bronze - ADEK - Mixed Schools
• Most Innovative - American Academy for Girls

Mubadala Health Challenge

Design an awareness campaign to encourage a greater number of the UAE and GCC populations to attend an annual physical check-up.

• Gold - Amman Baccalaureate School
• Silver - Our Own English High School, Sharjah, Boys
• Bronze - St Mary's Catholic High School
• Most Innovative - ADEK - Mixed Schools

Schneider Electric Challenge

Design a smart home that harnesses the power of technology to enable sustainable, personalized and connected living.

• Gold - GEMS Our Own English High School Dubai
• Gold - ADEK - Mixed Schools
• Silver - Amman Baccalaureate School
• Bronze - International Academy Amman
• Most Innovative - Our Own English High School, Sharjah, Boys Branch