Title: CAD Monkeys Dinosaur Babies and T-Shaped People( Inside the World of Design Thinking and How It Can Spark Creativity and Innovation) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: WarrenBerger <>Publisher: PenguinBooks
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The first book to reveal how thinking like a designer can help solve the greatest challenges we face in business, society, and our daily lives.
The answer to the above question is "a lot." We can learn how to solve problems better. How to look at the world around us with a fresh eye. How to think more creatively, and ultimately, how to open up new possibilities in our lives.
These are the things that great designers do every day. But the premise in my new book Glimmer is: "You don't have to be a designer to think like one." There's a whole way of thinking used by designers, and a step-by-step process they follow, that really can be embraced by anyone—whether you're in business, out there trying to contribute to the world in some way, or if you're just looking to improve your own life.
What I found, in studying some of the world's most innovative designers, is that—in addition to being immensely talented and bright people, of course—they tend to have two big things they rely on. First, they have a certain mindset that enables them to be fearless and optimistic and open to all kinds of new possibilities. And second, they have a framework they use—a proven methodology that helps them to bring their ideas and plans to life, to get things done, and to be successful. I sort of dejargonize this methodology and give lots of examples of how it works in Glimmer.
One of the things designers are known for doing is questioning everything. In fact there's a joke that asks, "How many designers does it take to change a lightbulb?" To which the answer is: "Does it have to be a lightbulb?"
It's a joke, but it's not: Designers all the time really do ask basic things like Does it have to be a lightbulb? The design process often begins with questioning the conventional wisdom about how we currently do things.
Of course, it's one thing to question the world around you-but it's much harder to begin to change it. As I write in Glimmer, if you just question everything without trying to improve it, you may end up being more of a whiner than a designer. Designers actually must take action in order to create new possibilities—that's their job. And so it's not surprising they've developed proven methods to help them do that.
I examine those methods in detail in the book, but they involve, for example:
These are just a few of the basic tools and principles designers use. And what really surprised me, as I worked on the book, was to see just how accessible these tools are to anyone. And how applicable they are to just about any situation.
In today's world, with all the challenges and problems we have to grapple with—both in our daily lives and in the world at large—we can benefit from having that designer mindset and methodology. Because the truth is, we all need to become better at facing up to tough challenges and finding new solutions.
After years of writing articles about creativity and advertising, I decided to set out to find a good answer to the fundamental question: "What is design?" Design is a fascinating subject in that everybody's interested in it, but very few have a clear understanding of what it is and how it works. I found out there are as many definitions as there are designers. Yet after talking to hundreds of creatives, I also found there are some universal principles for creativity and innovation from which we all can learn. These principles transformed the way I work and approach problem-solving, and will do the same for you.
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