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Hello Don, On your side note:...perhaps drawing, for some, is an expression of thought ...or a form of transforming one thought into another expression. I consider drawing as one way of "thinking-as-doing" in design thinking. best Tiiu > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:13:24 -0700 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Design Thinkers > To: [log in to unmask] > > Just a short note to thank the several of you on this list (among others) > who have commented on my "Rethinking Design Thinking" article. > > Thanks, Elizabeth, for the pointer to Lucy's article entitled, hmm, > "Rethinking Design Thinking," an article i am sorry to say, I had not known > about. It certainly would have been helpful to me had I read it before i > wrote my own article. > > And thanks, Erik, for your comments. You say "I have one problem with > Norman's new position though." Really? Only one? Hell, I can list several > other problems that I have (and I suspect you do too.) > > I agree with your critique. In writing my piece I hesitated a lot before > trying to describe what I thought design thinking was because not only did > my brief introduction leave out a lot that I thought to be critical, but i > also knew that many good design thinkers would not agree with my > overly-specific definition (and that i would probably agree with their > disagreement). I was also concerned that my quotation from Moggridge > would cause some to believe I was an IDEO partisan who did not admit to any > other possible approach to design. Not true: I quoted Bill because I > thought the quote appropriate, and also as a small tribute to his > contributions to the practice. Still, in the end, i thought that the > diverse readership would require some definition. > > I also agree that design thinking is really a framework or point of view > that inspires critical analysis of the problem and its possible solutions. > > On a side note, I have long struggled to understand the roles that > thinking, knowing, representing (via words, sketches, and models), and > doing have on the creative process. I'm contemplating a short essay for > this list on drawing and sketching, one that does not propose answers but > rather lists some of the questions that need answering. Drawing is a much > under-appreciateds tool for thought. Or perhaps, drawing is a mode of > thought. > > Don > www.jnd.org > [log in to unmask] > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> > Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design > Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------