Sandy Speicher from IDEO works with teachers on design as a process for learning. She states: “Design thinking is the way we approach the world when we imagine and create new solutions for the future.”
“Build to think” and “Fail early to succeed sooner”- teachers make prototype models out of found materials to solve design problems related to the morning commute.
Teachers tour the exhibit Design for the Other 90%
Designer Tom Oliphant explains the critique process to teachers by defining it as, “a conversation about the efforts of work.” He brought some of his students along to discuss how it felt to have their work critiqued.
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