Different Perspectives in Design Thinking

Introduction

Yvonne Eriksson

School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Division of Information Design, Mälardalen University

Design can be found everywhere in society in the form of systems, services, infrastructure, architecture, artifacts, and tools. The examples are endless. Still, people primarily associate design with beautiful objects, furniture, and fashion—all of which, of course, constitute designed artifacts. But actually, design affects much of our lives, whether the design serves as a support or a hinder to our ability to act or to understand and use products or services. Products and services can be designed to be used intuitively but, oftentimes, the design is divided into parallel pipes that do not correspond with one another ...