Recommended Readings

References (from lecture)

External Resources

cofolios (Aggregation of portfolios from Student Designers by Hasque May)

Students Who Design (Our podcast + articles about students in design)

If you haven’t read The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman, check this out.

Glossary

Overview of terms referenced in class

Product Thinking

The title of this assignment! Product thinking is the first part of the product design process. It helps you figure out who you're designing for, what problems you're trying to solve, how you're solving them, and how your solutions align with business or project goals.

People Problem Framework

A People Problem is something that solicits a real human problem or frustration users have rather than a proposed solution. The intention is for a design execution to revolve around a person’s high level motivation.

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”