Design Thinking Archives

UX/Design Techniques

Design Thinking Toolkit, Activity 2 – Story Mapping

Starting a new initiative? Use Story Mapping to do some design thinking, and create a detailed understanding of the user’s experience.

UX/Design Techniques

Design Thinking Toolkit, Activity 1 – The Love/Breakup Letter

Need to identify positive and negative things about your brand/product/company/event? Apply some Design Thinking with the Love/Breakup Letter exercise.

UX/Design Techniques

Design Thinking Toolkit – The Supply List

Before diving into exercises, gather your design thinking supply list—a personal toolkit of essential supplies and nice-to-have items.

Culture

(A Lack of) Curiosity Killed the Software Project

A shift happening in software is steering teams away from acting with curiosity. Tools like AI and Figma have helped speed up the process.

UX & Design

Meet the Atomic Object Design Team at UX Y’All 2023

Atomic Object is thrilled to be a sponsor of the 2023 UX Y’All Conference. Our design team is excited to convene there and learn from others!

UX/Design Techniques

Can Design Thinking Workshops Benefit from Competition?

In a recent Design Thinking workshop I hosted, there was a bit of friendly competition among the participants when I split them into groups.

UX & Design

Design Thinking Toolkit, Lesson 31 – Forced Connections

Are you ready to participate in "Forced Connections," the design thinking equivalent of six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon?

UX & Design

Design Thinking Toolkit, Lesson 30 – Design Studio

Get ready to unleash your team's inner creative geniuses with a collaborative brainstorming session called Design Studio.

UX/Design Practices

Design Thinking Toolkit, Lesson 29 – SCAMPER

Ready to shift your next ideation session into high gear? Bob Eberle's SCAMPER framework will help you get there.

UX & Design

Design Thinking Toolkit, Activity 28 – The Powers of 10

Taking inspiration from the film by Ray and Charles Eames called "Powers of Ten," this activity can help you reframe your thinking in big and small ways.

UX & Design

Design Thinking Toolkit, Activity 27 – The Pre-Project Survey

Are you just getting started on a project and hoping to gather some high-level project details? Then this pre-project survey is just the activity for you.

UX/Design Practices

How to Apply Design Methodologies to a Delivery Lead Practice

Recently, I realized that many of the working methods I use as a delivery lead are rooted in Design Thinking practices I learned as a designer.