Design journey, abductive reasoning, visual reasoning, prototyping

1. Creativity and Design 2017
Day 3: How?

2. Design briefs and journey

11. http://www.dubberly.com/models

12. Activity 3.1: Abductive logic
Duration: 30 minutes

13. Morning break
15 minutes

14. Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning
Abductive reasoning

15. Activity 3.1: Abductive reasoning
• Pairs or triads
• Walk around campus for 15 minutes
• Observe and make inferences:
• One deductive inference
• One inductive inference
• One abductive inference
• Share

16. Roger Martin: Rotman Business + Design
http://videos.huffingtonpost.com/roger-martin-on-why-corporates-should-ban-the-
phrase-prove-it-517389434
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNgBRcp0u7w (0:0 – 4:56)

17. Lunch
1 hour

18. Activity 3.2: Analogical reasoning
Duration: 15 minutes

19. Activity 3.2: Analogical reasoning
• Reframe one of the “hard problems”
using analogical reasoning

20. Activity 3.3: Visual reasoning
basics
Activity: 60 minutes

21. Use 2 geometries of
3 sides as initial
shapes to generate
as many unique
compositions
resulting in more
than 2 final
geometries
1 2
sample composition resulting in more than 2 shapes
1
2
3

22. Use 2 geometries of
3 sides as initial
shapes to generate
as many unique
compositions
resulting in more
than 2 final
geometries
this composition features:
shape #1 = 6 sides
shape #2 = 4 sides
shape #3 = 3 sides
how many unique compositions can you
create combining 2 triangles?
3
2
1

23. Activity 3.4: Visual reasoning
applied
Duration: 30 minutes

24. Redefine lunch activity

25. Afternoon break
15 minutes

26. Activity 3.4: Prototyping
Duration: 30 minutes

27. Fold paper

28. DIY Activity: ____________
Duration:
Mode:

29. Alt DIY: Playfulness
Duration: 15 minutes

30. End of Day 3 Activity
Duration: 30 minutes
Mode: Individual journaling

31. Creativity and Design 2017
Day 3: Ok, it is important and I can do something… but,
how?