Develop a prototype

• Develop a physical or virtual prototype of the potential solution.

Design Thinking is a methodology aimed at solving intricate and vague problems through a human-centered lens. It involves empathizing with users, redefining issues, ideating in group brainstorming, and hands-on prototyping and testing. Its five stages—empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test—are flexible modes rather than linear phases, allowing for iteration and deeper user understanding at any project stage.

Read more in: Dam, R. F. and Teo, Y. S. (2020, July 20). Design Thinking: Get Started with Prototyping. Interaction Design Foundation – IxDF.

Available at: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/design-thinking-get-started-with-prototyping