Dear Chuck,
Though I generally do agree with your 2nd paragraph, I think you were
too rash to reject terry's example.
In that point I think your idea of design thinking there is excluding
the thinking done in fashion design. The the way in which shoe laces are
tied can communicate a lot and even interpreted as a (design) statement,
not to mention solving the problem of weak knots opening up - which can
always call for improvement. In other words terry's act of tying shoe
laces can be an act of designing requiring design thinking.
In my humble perspective the difference between designing (the changing
of existing situations into preferred ones) done by designers and the
designing doctors or businessmen is that the final or achieved result
must speak for itself - communicating its functional and cultural
affordability(ies) without the use written or spoken language.
Kind regards,
+++
Yoad David Luxembourg
Designing the Intangible,
Design Metaphysics
www.yoad.info
On 3-9-2013 14:56, Charles Burnette wrote:
> On Sep 3, 2013, at 12:08 AM, Terence Love wrote:
>
>> I think I'll do some design thinking by tying
>> my shoelace. To me it then becomes a challenge to provide a reason as to why
>> someone should pay for design thinking and differentiating design thinking
>> from 'snake oil' .
> Terry,
> There is a distinction between purposeful thought - tying your shoelace, and design thinking - seeking improvement to how shoes are secured on a foot. Purposeful thought is more limited in its possibilities (problem solving) - than design thinking (problem seeking, exploration, analysis, and expressive resolution).
>
> In A Theory of Design Thinking, design thinking uses the same agencies as purposeful thought, but uses them to intentionally improve a focal situation. (Thank you Herb!) There is more to say - description is consistent with purposeful thought, multifaceted definition with the scope and range of design thinking, for example.
>
> Or so I believe,
> Chuck
>
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