Design Thinking for Code for Europe fellows. Shortened version of my presentation delivered on January 22nd in Barcelona during kick-off of the Commons for Europe Fellowship Programme.

1. APPS FOR WHOM?
Frank Kresin / Research Director
@kresin / frank@waag.org
institute for art, science & technology

2. WAAG SOCIETY
Collaborations between
- Users
- Designers
- Programmers
- Artists & Scientists
Publish or Perish => Demo or Die

3. APPS FOR…

4. www.waag.org

5. DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY FOR
• Self expression and communication
• Linking people, groups, communities
• Sharing thoughts, blueprints, …
• Reflecting &understanding
And discovering it’s
underlying meaning.

6. PRINCIPLES
• The best producer is the user
• He/shecanlearn to buildanything
• Shareblueprints&knowledge
• Making is crucial to understand
the world we live in

7. EXTENSIVE PARTNERSHIPS
COPENHAGEN
LIVING
LAB

8. Waag Society’s Labs
Creative Learning Lab Open Design Lab
Urban Reality Lab Future Internet Lab
Wet Lab Creative Care Lab

9. Creative Research

10. http://issuu.com/waag/docs/creativeresearch

11. WHAT WORLD DO
YOU WORK IN?

12. “Onceyou start drawingormakingthings,
you open up newpossibilities of discovery.
Doodling, drawing, modeling.
Sketch makethings, and you'relikely to
encourageaccidentaldiscoveries. At the most
fundamental level, whatwe'retalkingabout
is play, aboutexploring borders.”

13. DESIGN THINKING
• Design Thinking is a practice & process to solve
problems and develop and improve situations,
products or services by using applied, practical
creativity.
• The intention of Design Thinking is improve the
quality of life – on a big and a small scale.

14. DESIGN THINKING

15. DESIGN “STANCE”
1. Empathy
2. Integral Thinking
3. Optimism
4. Experiments
5. Collaboration

16. USERS AS DESIGNERS

17. ASK MAKE TRY

18. RESEARCH: ASK

19. RESEARCH: PLETHORA OF METHODS
http://www.ideo.com/work/method-cards/

20. THINKING THROUGH MAKING

21. THINKING THROUGH MAKING

22. MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS

23. INTERPRETING

24. VISUALIZE

25. CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

26. MAKE

27. PAPER PROTOTYPING

28. PROTOTYPING

29. TESTING AND EVALUATING

30. FAIRPHONE – FIRST SUSTAINABLE TELEPHONE

31. …COMMERCIALISING

32. AN EXAMPLE

33. EXAMPLE: LOCATION BASED MOBILE GAMING

34. EXPERIMENT
2002 Amsterdam Realtime
World's #1 locationbased realtime user-generated map
Waag Society (Tom Demeyer, Aske Hopman) i.s.m.
Stadsarchief, Esther Polak, Jeroen Kee

35. CO-CREATION
In education International During events
2005 Frequentie 1550 2009 The Island
World’s #1 Mobile Learning Game Trade game New York- Amsterdam
Waag Society (Aske Hopman) and Waag Society (Ronald Lenz) and the John
KPN, Montessorischool Adams Institute

36. SCALING
Museums cooperate in a mobile tours application
2011 - MuseumApp
World’s 1st Mobile Museum tours
service

37. WAAG SOCIETY’S ROLES
• Linking arts, science & society
• Human centered concept development
• Facilitating innovation processes
• Programme& project development
• Visualizations, demonstrators & prototypes
• Business Model Canvas
• Incubating products
• Organizing events

38. DESIGN THINKING RESOURCES
• Users as Designers booklet
http://issuu.com/waag/docs/creativeresearch
• IDEO METHOD CARDS APP
http://www.ideo.com/work/ideo-method-card-app/
• SERVICE DESIGN TOOLKIT
http://www.servicedesigntoolkit.org/
• HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN TOOLKIT
http://www.ideo.com/work/human-centered-design-toolkit/

39. CODE FOR / COMMONS FOR EUROPE
http://codeforeurope.net/

40. Frank Kresin
@waag @kresin
www.waag.org