Design Resources

Resources for innovation! Here’s a collection of methods and information to help you practice Human-Centered Design (the discipline of developing solutions in the service of people).

The design thinking methods in this section are organized by three design skills: Understand, Explore, Materialize.

EMPATHIZE

• Empathy Mapping

• User Research Questions

• Manage the Message

• Map of the Landscape

• User Persona

DEFINE

• Empathy Research Synthesizing Tool

• Feedback Loop

• Good-Bye Letter

• The Whys

• Journey Map

• Positioning Map

• Prioritization Matrix

• Brand’s Voice

• Competitors Map

• Key. Point. Problem.

• Menu Made For Us

• Question Boxes (D&I Workshop)

• Decision Timeline

IDEATE

• Start.Stop.Keep.Need.

• Statement Starters

• Value Proposition Canvas

• U.R.V

• Design Studio Recipe

PROTOTYPE

• Storyboarding

• Spaghetti Marshmallow Challenge

TEST

• Coming Soon

IMPLEMENT

• Coming Soon

• Field Guide to Human-Centered Design (IDEO)

• Innovating for People (design methods) (LUMA Institute)

• Crash Course How to (d.school)

• Crash Course Playbook (d.school)

• Me, Myself & Me Again

• Take A Second

• Remote Design Sprint (workshops)

• Campaign Roll-Out

• Fuels & Pulls

• Hero Habits (Huge Culver)

• How to Create Your TED Talk: An 8-Step Process

• The Basics of User Experience

• The Workshopper Playbook (AJ&Smart)

• How To Design A Workshop

• Demystifying Design Thinking

• The War of Art (Steven Pressfield)

• Design Thinking Resources (Lee-Sean Hang)