Report / Three-Day Workshop:
“Design Thinking Ideation as an Innovation Process”
From October 23 to 25, 2013, Professors Anthony De Ritis and John H. Friar, two professors from Northeastern University, were invited to give the first-ever workshop on design thinking at Tsinghua University’s new x-lab. They presented “a vivid and practical training model to deeply interpret innovative methods with design thinking as the core.”
Launched in April 2013, Tsinghua’s x-lab is a university-based education platform designed to foster student creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.
The event received an enthusiastic response from students and teachers from different departments. As the final application deadline approached, students worked hard to produce creative and innovative short films, and uploaded their application documents in the early hours of the day. A total of 25 students and teachers participated in the three-day design thinking training camp, which were from 11 departments.
In the first day of the training camp, the two American professors introduced the concept of design thinking and the significance of creative inspiration in innovation. Subsequently, nine students showed their own short films of their creative projects, which were rich and interesting and covered a wide range of fields. During the period, the two professors deeply inspired the students to think and asked them to analyze the source of the inspiration for these nine creative projects (Idea Inspiration) and the related Problem Statement. After the show, the participating students voted on the nine creative projects and selected two projects that they thought were the most innovate and had market value: “I Love Home” from Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts Xu Jingdan, and “You Ease,” by Liu Yang from the School of Materials. At the same time, the 12 students who participated in the training were reorganized into two interdisciplinary project teams, and each team of six people joined the project teams on a voluntary basis. Next the two project teams started a new round of discussion on six dimensions of the design thinking concept: (Analogous Business / Workarounds / Extreme Users / Observation, Ethnography / Empathy / Positive Environments). Before the end of the day, the two professors arranged survey work for the two teams, according to these six dimensions, collecting and analyzing the information related to their own projects through various channels and methods.
On the second day of the event, the two interdisciplinary project teams showed the results of the research (image and market data analysis, etc.) in detail, and then the two professors gave feedback on the research results, specifically teaching the process of concept integration, and guiding everyone to simulate rapid prototyping. On the last day of the event, the two teams introduced their respective analysis of the concept fusion, specifically presented the project design sketch, and finally completed the entire design thinking training process. Before the end of the training camp, the two professors once again inspired the students to think and let the students share their harvested feelings in the three-day training camp.
Throughout this training camp, everyone developed their design thinking skills, and actively participated in bringing about a valuable experience inspired by innovative ideas to practice design operations. I believe that the innovative fireworks that collide with students from different grades in different faculties will encourage students to better develop themselves and realize their own creativity on an innovative education platform such as x-lab.
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设计思维的重点在于创造性设计思维。而对于创造性设计思维而言，创新又是其本质要求。因而设计与创新密不可分，而设计思维就是实现设计创新有效途径。 清华x-lab邀请Anthony Paul De Ritis、JOHN H. FRIAR两位教授共同举办设计思维训练营，为清华大学的同学解读、实践设计思维为核心的创新方法。
2013年10月23日至25日，由清华x-lab组织的为期三天的设计思维训练营在清华科技园x-lab场地成功举办。来自美国东北大学的两位教授Anthony Paul De Ritis和JOHN H.FRIAR以生动与极富实践性的训练模式为同学们深刻解读以设计思维为核心的创新方法。
本次活动受到了来自不同院系同学和老师的热烈响应，截止到最后申请期限，仍有同学在努力制作创意创新短片，于当日凌晨上传申请文件。三天的设计思维训练营共计25位同学及老师参加，他们分别来自11个院系。
在第一天的训练营中，两位美国教授首先介绍了设计思维的概念以及创意灵感在创新中的重要意义。随后，有9位同学依次展示了自己的创意创新项目短片，这些创意内容丰富有趣，涵盖领域广泛。期间，两位教授深度启发同学们思考，请他们分析讨论这9个创意项目灵感的来源（Idea Inspiration）以及相关的问题陈述（Problem Statement）。展示后，参与活动的同学们对这9个创意项目进行投票，选出他们心中认为最具创意及市场价值的两个项目——来自清华美术学院徐静丹的”I LOVE HOME”和来自材料学院刘洋的“YOU EASE”, 与此同时，12位参与训练的同学们重组分为两个跨学科项目团队，按自愿原则每队6人加入项目团队一和二。分组后，两组同学针对各自项目的创意特点，围绕教授提供的构思概念中的6个维度（Analogous Business / Workarounds / Extreme Users / Observation, Ethnography / Empathy / Positive Environments ) 展开新一轮讨论。当日结束前，两位教授给两个团队布置了调研作业——依据构思概念的6个维度，通过各种渠道和方式搜集归纳与自己项目相关的信息资料并进行分析。
活动第二天，两个跨学科项目团队依次向大家详细展示了调研成果（图片及市场数据分析等），随后两位教授对大家的调研成果给出点评反馈，具体讲授理念融合的过程，并指导大家模拟快速原型开发。最后一天的活动中，两个团队分别介绍了各自关于理念融合的分析，并具体展示了项目设计草图，最终完成整个设计思维训练过程。训练营结束前，两位教授再次启发同学们思考，让同学们分享自己在三天训练营中的收获感受。
通过这样的训练营形式，大家充分开发了自己的设计思维，积极参与其中带来的是关于创新创意启发到实践设计操作的宝贵体验。相信与不同院系不同年级的同学碰撞出的创新花火，会鼓励同学们在x-lab这样的创新教育平台上更好地开发自己，实现创意。
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从创意到产品\服务雏形 [From idea to product\service prototype]. (2013, October). School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University. Retrieved August 25, 2019 from http://www.x-lab.tsinghua.edu.cn/?c=learn&a=gzf&id=29
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Announcement
清华x-lab：设计思维训练营：激发创意，从创意到产品\服务雏形(英语)
Tsinghua x-Lab: Three-Day Workshop on Design Thinking Ideation as an Innovation Process
【简介Introduction】
设计思维的重点在于创造性设计思维。而对于创造性设计思维而言，创新又是其本质要求。因而设计与创新密不可分，而设计思维就是实现设计创新有效途径。清华x-lab邀请Anthony Paul De Ritis、JOHN H. FRIAR两位教授共同举办设计思维训练营，为清华大学的同学解读、实践设计思维为核心的创新方法。
【语言Language】英语 English
【时间Dates】 2013年10月23-25日，下午2:00—5:00
【地点 Venue】x-lab活动中心 清华科技园科技大厦B座 地下一层
【参与者Participants】We are assuming two 6-person teams, with project ideas pre-selected. We will work with these two groups in front of the larger audience.
【旁听者Auditors】名额30名 Quota of people:30 people
【课前准备Pre-Workshop]
a. Interdisciplinary teams are selected (two total)
b. Ideas and inspiration are submitted via a two-minute video pitch
c. Professors De Ritis and Friar select project ideas
【日程Schedule】
Day 1. （Oct. 23）
a. Introduction of interdisciplinary teams, problem statement, and idea inspiration
b. Lecture on ideation concepts: workarounds; observation; empathy; ethnography; analogous businesses; personas; extreme users; positive environments; “yes and” brainstorming
c. Introduction to the concept of the process book and narrative
Day 2.（Oct. 24）
a. Interdisciplinary teams present their research on idea divergence;
b. De Ritis/Friar feedback on presented work
c. De Ritis/Friar lecture on idea convergence and rapid prototype development
Day 3. （Oct. 25）
a. Interdisciplinary teams present their research on idea convergence, including example(s) of rapid prototype(s) and feedback
b. De Ritis/Friar feedback on presented work
c. Presentation of process books (in progress)
d. De Ritis/Friar lecture on “what happens next”
【课程收获OUTCOMES】
1. Participants take home a working concept of design thinking as an innovation process
2. Participants will have a tool kit to apply for future idea generation
3. Participants will understand the benefits of designing rapid prototypes
4. Participants will have a process book “sketch” to retain the narrative of their learned process
【主讲人Instructors】
Anthony Paul De Ritis, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Music Department, College of Arts, Media & Design
Professor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, D’Amore-McKim School of Business
D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Northeastern University，USA
John H. Friar, Ph.D.
Executive Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy
Northeastern University
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