tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-390353998993233885.post7547553928111633996..comments2024-03-29T15:32:33.999+05:30Comments on Design for India: Design Thinking: The Flavor of the MonthProf. M P Ranjanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087205148848576540noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-390353998993233885.post-32052948078033071512010-12-17T13:11:18.107+05:302010-12-17T13:11:18.107+05:30this is my first visit...
but now i will visit reg...this is my first visit...<br />but now i will visit regularly...<br />nice blog...sushant jainhttp://indiansushant.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-390353998993233885.post-8947838185018548172010-10-03T20:31:09.068+05:302010-10-03T20:31:09.068+05:30Informative post. I liked it. Hope you will keep c...Informative post. I liked it. Hope you will keep coming up with such good stuff.Mr. Showmanhttp://www.yourshowman.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-390353998993233885.post-76212004843923400672010-07-13T14:46:19.751+05:302010-07-13T14:46:19.751+05:30You try to have an effect on something and somethi...You try to have an effect on something and something has an effect on you. This was seen in<br />1991 work and reciprocated later to give a winning <br />design project. But NID is almost a very late entry<br />to life to make as significant change as can childhood can make. The student who explored<br />child/toys/physics must have done so, due to some<br />formations within him left in him from his previous<br />part of life - childhood.<br /><br />In India, the core spiritual principles also lay this<br />thought in which we have cycle of deaths and births and there is a continuity from past lives<br />which is called sanskaars. <br /><br />Yes in trying to do, in trying to be a part of something, that something also becomes part of you. But the roots are much foundational and <br />NID as well as design thinking, design education<br />is a late entry to one's life. Since last 50 years<br />design is recognised as a discipline in India<br />and your call in this blog is raising this awarness too, but again this is not the only<br />predominance which human or India needs.<br /><br />You are doing great on your part.<br /><br />- Manish Desai, NIDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-390353998993233885.post-65675828134171673622010-01-04T11:46:40.515+05:302010-01-04T11:46:40.515+05:30this post is awesome and thank you for making it u...this post is awesome and thank you for making it understandable.educational consultants chennaihttp://www.chennaipage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-390353998993233885.post-50306365908764795772009-11-28T16:49:31.189+05:302009-11-28T16:49:31.189+05:30Nice topic I always read your blogs and i found al...Nice topic I always read your blogs and i found always something new. I am very thankful to you thanksDeepak Barihttp://www.unv7.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-390353998993233885.post-14126159598463735292009-11-23T22:00:37.569+05:302009-11-23T22:00:37.569+05:30Thanks for all the clarification and insights, par...Thanks for all the clarification and insights, particularly for taking a stand on the Wikipedia description and for adding your own observations as to the related issues. [Mulling over the "design journey" as a concept.]<br /><br />Again, grateful for your continued contributions to moving the discipline further, and much respect your sound judgments.<br /><br />Look forward to your evolving perspectives.Paula Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561529494321993583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-390353998993233885.post-86019474788389011502009-11-23T18:20:33.792+05:302009-11-23T18:20:33.792+05:30Dear Paula Thornton
Thank you for your comment an...Dear Paula Thornton<br /><br />Thank you for your comment and I am aware of Roger Martins books and both of these are on my table at office back at NID and I have followed his seminal work at the Rotman's School of Management over the years. I had written about this as well on my blog and you can see it at this link here dated 2 November 2007 : http:// tinyurl.com/yeoeazr<br /><br />However design thinking is not just about management decision making nor is it adequately captured in the Wikipedia article that you have drawn attention to in your article on your blog. I agree that wiki has missed the point altogether. The first step proposed itself does get it all wrong asking the reader to follow a seven stage process : define, research, ideate, prototype, choose, implement, and learn. Further the seven steps are prescriptive very unlike design processes and design learning that are based on exploration and compositions aimed at both understanding situations as well as looking for potential solutions. <br /><br />The work style and attitude needed are ones that supports iterative modes of thought and action and the ability to suspend judgments in the face of great ambiguity is of great value. While I started teaching Design Process as a course at NID in 1982 I started focussing on design thinking and offered the model that is shown on the blog post above in 1990 and I also changed the name of my course to Design Concepts and Concerns since the thinking had to be informed by feeling. I now have a blog to share the work done in that course at this link here below which has been reporting about the course for two years now:<br />http:// tinyurl.com/nwp9zg<br /><br />My post on the blog on October 2007 is about how we teach design thinking at NID along with a model of the Design Journey as I see it with the various modes of thought that would need to be used to accomplish results. The link to that post is here below.<br />http:// tinyurl.com/ydjknvy<br /><br />Design Thinking has become a buzzword in management circles and I am not sure that we are all talking the same language. I have seen this variety at the meet at Melbourne that just got done yesterday and I am sure we have not seen the end of the debate on the subject as yet. However the managers have great reach through the business magazines and I do hope we can get in a word edgeways to change the tenor and tone of the discussion to include design experience in the whole equation here. Which is why I started my blog here called "Design for India".<br /><br />Prof M P Ranjan<br />from my PowerBook on tour at Torquay, The Sands Resort<br />23 November 2009 at 11.45 pm local timeProf. M P Ranjanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087205148848576540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-390353998993233885.post-38900632111103754852009-11-19T02:17:45.360+05:302009-11-19T02:17:45.360+05:30It may be the topic of the month for you, and cert...It may be the topic of the month for you, and certainly has gotten a lot more attention particularly this month due to the release of Roger's book, "The Design of Business", but it's hardly new: http://twurl.nl/lvlrry<br /><br />You're also missing a whole debate that went on in a Design Thinking group over the 'validity' of Nicolae's use of the term "Design Thinker" and his list. Let's just say, many of us do not agree with the need for a list of "Design Thinkers" because Design Thinking isn't a solo act.<br /><br />No discredit to you, I'm glad to actually see the details of your work and your thoughts, to value it all devoid of any labels. Thanks for sharing.Paula Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561529494321993583noreply@blogger.com