Critical Design
An approach to design that challenges assumptions and provokes thought by creating speculative or provocative artifacts.
9 topics found for
“innovation stimulation”
Metaphor Brainstorming
A creative problem-solving technique that uses metaphors to generate ideas and solutions.
SCAMPER+
An enhanced version of the SCAMPER technique that includes additional prompts to further stimulate creativity and innovation.
SCAMPER
Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to another use, Eliminate, and Reverse (SCAMPER) is a creative thinking technique that encourages innovation in a product or process.
Worst Possible Idea
A brainstorming technique where participants intentionally suggest bad ideas to spur creative thinking and overcome mental blocks.
Design Excursions
Short, exploratory design activities or exercises that encourage creative thinking and experimentation.
Speculative Design
An approach to design that explores and creates provocative scenarios of future possibilities to stimulate discussion and critical thinking about the direction of design and society.
Ideation
The process of generating a broad set of ideas on a given topic, with no attempt to judge or evaluate them initially.
Braindrawing
A brainstorming technique where participants draw their ideas instead of writing them down.