Spending time with people to learn and getting inspired
How do you know what to design if not researching what your users want, need, desire?
How to receive brutally honest feedback
And only at the end try to give context, application, and audience.
How to decide if to rebuild or adapt a new system
In very complicated systems, if you discover that the update is more convenient than the rebuild you might save a lot of time and resources.
Talking With Facts
t least, you won’t waste further time.
Co-Designing Solutions with Developers
Developers, the product builders must be always part of the ongoing product design activity. Otherwise co-design with them after initial specs are done.
Answering “I Don’t Know” when you are suppose to know
When I can do that I feel satisfied as a member of a team growing towards their maturity and independence, also thanks to my contribution.
Design with your users in mind
Do not follow your intuition alone. You are not your users. Put yourself in their shoes. Design your success
Design methods, how to avoid reinventing everything
Study, research, and adapt the best design process for the context of the problem you want to solve. And design solutions that are effective, efficient, and pleasurable.
Systemic Design Toolkit by Kristel van Ael of Namahn
Keynote: Hands-on with Systemic Design by Kristel van Ael of Namahn during The Virtual Design Thinking BarCamp 2020 .