Welcome to this tiny course

Welcome to this tiny course

Hi there 👋

What you'll discover

Welcome to this tiny course that gives you an overview of:

  • design methods,

  • where to find them,

  • how much to use them

  • and how to mix them together

Going further

I've made it short so that you can go through it in about one hour. But I have added links all over it for the curious ones who want to go further.

The mindsets

I hope this will make you realise that

  • design methods are just tools

  • there is no right or perfect way to use them or select them

  • by limiting ourselves, we can get more productive with their usage

Share your feedback

I hope you'll learn something here, and if you see any typos, have suggestions or want to say thank you (that's really helpful, too), use the comment section under each lesson.

Greetings from Switzerland, and happy learning,

Daniele 🧔🏻‍♂️

An introduction to Design Methods

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  • Welcome to this tiny course

My favorite design methods

  • Introduction
  • Interviews
  • Workshops
  • Solo brainstorming in group with prompts
  • Fast idea generator
  • Affinity sorting
  • Dot voting
  • Service Blueprints
  • Wizard of Oz or Concierge service prototypes
  • Landing page test

Just the right amount of methods and research

  • Introduction
  • Triangulation
  • Saturation
  • Creating a methods mix
  • Frameworks to choose your design methods
  • Going further: articles and books on Lean Research

A ping-pong approach to Design Methods

  • Introduction
  • What I mean with "ping" and what's the problem with it
  • What's the "pong"

Method libraries

  • Introduction
  • This is Service Design Doing's methods library
  • Service Design Tools Methods Library
  • IBM Entreprise Design Thinking Methods Library
  • Google's Design Sprint's Methods Library
  • IDEO Design Kit's Method Library
  • Hyperisland's methods library
  • Design Research Technics's methods library
  • Session Lab Facilitation Techniques Methods Library
  • 18F's Methods Library
  • Mitre Innovation's Methods Library
  • HSLU Spatial Design Students Methods Library
  • Going further: toolboxtoolbox

End and thank you note

  • Thank you note
  • Licence