Design (Re) Thinking
Marko Goller, Nadja Slave, Florian Staib
University of Design Schwäbisch Gmünd
Master Thesis 2015 / 2016
The theoretical master thesis »Design (Re) Thinking – the role of designers in the 21st century« analyzes future demands and challenges for designers in a constantly changing social and economic environment.
The result is a new design model called »Beyond Design« which shows how designers
could act in a responsible way within the fields of society, economy and ecology. A newly developed design process also shows how beyond design could be implemented in the development process of big companies to help them act in a faster and more flexible way.
Essential parts of the project:
→ Design Theory
→ Strategic Design
→ Research
→ Analysis
→ Design Management
→ Process Developing
→ Process Visualization
Applied methods and tools:
→ Expert Interviews
→ Expert Surveys
→ Quote Mapping
→ Scenario-Method
→ Wireframing
→ Prototyping