Mindshake’s Engagement at Design Thinking Research Symposium 13

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We are delighted to share our involvement in the Design Thinking Research Symposium 13, held in Haifa, Israel, from March 22 to March 24, 2022. This symposium, renowned for its commitment to investigating design thinking grounded in real-world evidence, provided an enriching platform for professionals and researchers alike.

Expanding Boundaries of Design: The Design Thinking Research Symposium series, initiated at TUDelft in 1992, has been a steadfast arena for exploring specific topics within Design Thinking. In its 13th edition, the symposium delved into the expansion of the design landscape, incorporating perspectives from professionals across diverse disciplines. Our participation aimed to unravel the evolving concept of design and its implications for professionals, managers, and experts involved in design initiatives.

Our Contribution: Design Thinking Workshops for Social Workers: As part of the symposium, our team, including Joana Alves dos Santos, Joana Moreira, and Katja Tschimmel, presented a paper titled “Design Thinking Workshops for Social Workers.” This research offers both a theoretical and practical exploration of Design Thinking as a method addressing social workers. The study, rooted in the hypothesis that Design Thinking can significantly enhance the mindset and skills of social workers, delves into the impact of Design Thinking on fostering innovation in social projects.

Katja Tschimmel and Mindshake team during our presentation.

Publication Announcement

Expanding the Frontiers of Design – Critical Perspectives: We are thrilled to announce that our paper has been published! On October 31, 2023, Routledge released a book titled “Expanding the Frontiers of Design – Critical Perspectives,” edited by Gabriela Goldschmidt and Ezri Tarazi. Our contribution is featured within this publication, offering critical insights into the intersection of Design Thinking and social work.

A Glimpse into the Book: “Expanding the Frontiers of Design – Critical Perspectives” delves into the transformative impact of Design Thinking, a method widely adopted in design business and management. The book addresses the changing landscape of contemporary design, where design teams now encompass a mix of designers and other professionals, fostering creativity and innovation. The collection, originating from the 13th Design Thinking Research Symposium (DTRS13), is structured into five parts, each offering unique insights:

Available in routledge
  • Part 1: Thinking about design
  • Part 2: Design thinking in the studio
  • Part 3: Design thinking in practice and professional training
  • Part 4: Design teams of diverse backgrounds, Interdisciplinary projects
  • Part 5: Design and nature; visual representation

This book serves as a comprehensive source for new perspectives on design and Design Thinking, making it ideal for designers, design academics, and industry leaders seeking to strengthen and innovate their practices.

Our paper is parte of the 3rd section of the book: Design thinking in practice and professional training.

Celebrating Exploration and Publication: Our participation in the Design Thinking Research Symposium 13 and the subsequent publication of our work mark significant milestones for Mindshake. We celebrate the spirit of exploration and the opportunity to contribute to critical perspectives on the expanding frontiers of design.

Stay tuned for more insights and updates as we continue our journey in pushing the boundaries of Design Thinking and its applications in diverse domains!

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É com muita honra que partilhamos o nosso envolvimento no Design Thinking Research Symposium 13, que decorreu em Haifa, Israel, de 22 a 24 de março de 2022. Este simpósio, reconhecido pelo seu compromisso em investigar o Design Thinking fundamentado em evidências do mundo real, proporcionou uma plataforma enriquecedora tanto para profissionais como para investigadores.

Joana Alves dos Santos e Joana Moreira (ao fundo) da Mindshake durante a apresentação.

Expansão das Fronteiras do Design: A série de simpósios Design Thinking Research, iniciada em TUDelft em 1992, tem sido uma arena constante para explorar temas específicos dentro do Design Thinking. Na sua 13ª edição, o simpósio aprofundou a expansão do panorama do design, incorporando perspetivas de profissionais de diversas disciplinas. A nossa participação visou aprender mais sobre o conceito, sempre em evolução, do design e as suas implicações para profissionais, gestores e especialistas envolvidos em iniciativas de design.

Mesas redondas

A Nossa Contribuição:
Como parte do simpósio, a nossa equipa, composta por Joana Alves dos Santos, Joana Moreira e Katja Tschimmel, apresentou um artigo intitulado “Workshops de Design Thinking para Técnicos Sociais.” A nossa investigação, com base num conjunto muito alargado de workshops realizados com este public-alvo, oferece uma exploração teórica e prática do Design Thinking como um método que pode customizados para técnicos sociais. O estudo, fundamentado na hipótese de que o Design Thinking pode aprimorar significativamente a mentalidade e as habilidades dos técnicos sociais, aprofunda-se no impacto do Design Thinking na promoção da inovação em projetos sociais.

A Publicação:

Ficamos muito contentes em poder anunciar que o nosso artigo foi publicado! Em 31 de outubro de 2023, a Routledge lançou um livro intitulado “Expanding the Frontiers of Design – Critical Perspectives,” editado por Gabriela Goldschmidt e Ezri Tarazi. A nossa contribuição está incluída nesta publicação, oferecendo a nossa perceção crítica sobre a interseção entre o Design Thinking e o trabalho social.

Uma Visão do Livro: “Expanding the Frontiers of Design – Critical Perspectives” mergulha no impacto transformador do Design Thinking, um método amplamente adotado nos negócios e na gestão do design. O livro aborda a mudança no panorama do design contemporâneo, onde as equipas de design agora incluem uma mistura de designers e outros profissionais, fomentando a criatividade e a inovação. A coleção, originada no 13º Design Thinking Research Symposium (DTRS13), está estruturada em cinco partes, cada uma oferecendo perceções únicas.

Este livro é uma fonte abrangente de novas perspetivas sobre o design e o Design Thinking, sendo ideal para designers, académicos e líderes da indústria que procuram fortalecer e inovar as suas práticas.

  • Parte 1: Reflexão sobre o design
  • Parte 2: Design thinking no estúdio
  • Parte 3: Design thinking na prática e formação profissional
  • Parte 4: Equipas de design de origens diversas, Projetos interdisciplinares
  • Parte 5: Design e natureza; Representação visual

O nosso artigo faz parte da 3ª secção do livro.

Celebrando a Exploração e a Publicação:
A nossa participação no Design Thinking Research Symposium 13 e a subsequente publicação do nosso trabalho assinalam marcos significativos para a Mindshake.

Fiquem atentos para mais atualizações à medida que continuamos a nossa jornada em expandir as fronteiras do Design Thinking e suas aplicações em diversos domínios!

Celebration of the World Creativity and Innovation Day

On Thursday 21st April is the World Creativity and Innovation Day, which at Mindshake we celebrate since 2015.

This year will be an open door event in the Mindshake House in Porto, starting at 16h00. For who can’t join in place, we will open also a zoom meeting at 18h30 WEST time, where everybody can join for the oficial launch of our new collaborative book “Creativity and Innovation Affairs”, which was coordinated by Katja Tschimmel and designed by the designer double T*I*N*A.

Design of the book by T*I*N*A, Foto by Anatol Kowalewski

The book “Creativity and Innovation Affairs – Are they or are they not…?” is dedicated to clarify ambiguous concepts from the world of creativity and innovation. One of the initial triggers for the development of the book was the perceived ambiguity of the binomials Design vs. Design Thinking and Innovation vs. Invention. Frequently, designers and innovation consultants are questioned by their clients about the relationships between these kind of concepts. Has the second emerged through the first, or vice-verse? Is one part of the other? Where are the similarities and which are the differences? This conceptual incomprehension makes itself noticeable between many ambiguous concepts in the world of innovation and creativity. What is the difference between Radical and Disruptive Innovation? Or is Social Innovation the same as Social Intervention? And regarding Creativity, are Creativity and Creative Thinking the same? In this book the reader will find answers to these kinds of questions and doubts.
28 authors from 10 different countries and cultural backgrounds are questioning current definitions and perceptions, by comparing different sources and ideas, or simply by giving their personal opinions. Some of the authors have an academic background, others a practical one, being either entrepreneurs, working with innovation in companies, or being innovation/design consultants.

Welcome to the Creativity and Innovation Affairs 2022!

Perspectives on Design and Design Thinking – new publications


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Em 2020 participamos com duas apresentações no Encontro de Investigação em Música, Artes e Design  (EIMAD), organizado pela Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal.

Estão agora disponíveis dois artigos que surgiram neste contexto. Este é escrito em português.

Moreira, J., Alves dos Santos, J., Palma, G., & Tschimmel, K. (2020). Design Thinking para a Inovação Social, Desenvolvimento do modelo Social Evolution 6. Em Raposo, D., Neves, J., Silva, J., Castilho, L. C., & Dias. R.. Investigação e Ensino em Design e Música Vol. II. (169-176), Coleção Convergências Research Books, Castelo Branco: Edições IPCB.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355999084_Design_Thinking_para_a_Inovacao_Social_Desenvolvimento_do_modelo_Social_Evolution_6

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In 2020, we participated with two presentations in the Research Meeting in Music, Arts and Design (EIMAD), organised by the Higher School of Applied Arts of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal.

The above article is written in Portuguese, and the following in English:

Tschimmel K. (2022). Creativity, Design and Design Thinking—A Human-Centred ménage à trois for Innovation. In: Raposo D., Neves J., Silva J. (eds.). Perspectives on Design II. Springer Series in Design and Innovation, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79879-6_1

Katja Tschimmel @ Mudopodcast

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No dia 21.05.2020, época pós confinamento mas ainda num formato virtual, a Katja Tschimmel esteve à conversa com a Mudopodcast.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvBN5Jn4-p/


Foi uma conversa sobre o seu percurso, o Design Thinking, a Criatividade, a Inovação, entre outros temas.
Antes de mais agradecemos à Mudopodcast pelo convite, foi uma óptima experiência e um óptima conversa!

Se tem curiosidade para conhecer a Mudopodcast e ficar a saber um bocadinho mais sobre a Katja ou sobre os temas abordados, ouça esta conversa em português com sotaque alemão: http://mudopodcast.pt/mp05e04-katja-tschimmel

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On 21.05.2020, post-confinement period but still in a virtual format, Katja Tschimmel was talking to Mudopodcast.
It was a conversation about her path, Design Thinking, Creativity, Innovation, among other topics.
First of all, we thank to Mudopodcast for the invitation, it was a great experience and a great conversation!


If you are curious to know Mudopodcast and get to know a little more about Katja or the topics covered, listen to this conversation in Portuguese with a German accent: http://mudopodcast.pt/mp05e04-katja-tschimmel

EIMAD – Encontro de Investigação em Música, Artes e Design 2020 | EIMAD – Meeting of Research in Music, Arts and Design 2020

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Durante os dias 14 e 15 de Maio a Mindshake teve a oportunidade de participar na conferência O EIMAD – Encontro de Investigação em Música, Artes e Design 2020, organizado pela Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal.

No primeiro dia da conferência 

A Joana Moreira, no dia 14 de Maio apresentou o nosso artigo “Design Thinking para Inovação Social”, em representação dos 4 autores: Joana Alves dos Santos, Gabriel Palma e Katja Tschimmel. Neste artigo fala-se sobre o desenvolvimento do modelo mais recente da Mindshake PT o: Social Evolution 6.

Joana Moreira a apresentar o Modelo Social Evolution 6, novo modelo da Mindshake.

No dia 15 de Maio, a  Katja Tschimmel falou sobre a Criatividade e o Design, numa perspectiva sistémica, e desmistificar conceitos associados.

Katja Tschimmel durante a sua apresentação na EIMAD.

Deixamos aqui algumas imagens desta conferência que aconteceu de uma forma virtual, mas permitiu-nos conhecer o trabalho de diferentes pessoas em tópicos relacionados com o Design e a Música, como por exemplo do trabalho da Leyla Acaroglu

Em breve as apresentações estarão disponíveis no youtube!

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During the 14th and 15th of May Mindshake had the opportunity to participate in the conference The EIMAD – Research Meeting in Music, Arts and Design 2020, organized by the Higher School of Applied Arts of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal.

On the first day of the conference

On May 14, Joana Moreira presented our article “Design Thinking for Social Innovation”, representing the 4 authors: Joana Alves dos Santos, Gabriel Palma and Katja Tschimmel. This article talks about the development of the most recent model of Mindshake PT o: Social Evolution 6.
 
On May 15th, Katja Tschimmel spoke about Creativity and Design, from a systemic perspective, and to demystify associated concepts.

We leave here some images of this conference that took place in a virtual way, but allowed us to know the work of different people on topics related to Design and Music, such as the work of Leyla Acaroglu.

Soon the presentations will be available on youtube!