This document discusses design as a collaborative tool and outlines an exercise used by the design firm Blixt & Dunder. The exercise introduces design thinking concepts and walks participants through defining problems, mapping stakeholders, identifying stakeholder needs, and potential solutions. It encourages an open and pragmatic approach to design that considers different perspectives and iteratively improves designs based on their real-world effects. Photos and quotes are included to illustrate key points about bringing people together, understanding needs, and designing inclusive public spaces.

1. Design as collaborative tool
Beirut Design Week 2017

2. TODAY WE WILL
TALK ABOUT
• Who is Blixt & Dunder
• What is our design legacy
• How do we work with design
• Is design a need?
• Workshop

7. Scandinavian design tradition
Our design legacy, what we can contribute with

8. Swedish furniture designer and
architect with ideas coloured by
functionalism/modernism, as well as
old Swedish crafts tradition.
World-renowned Danish furniture
designer. His high quality and
thoughtful work, along with a
concerted effort from several of his
manufacturers, contributed to the
international popularity of mid-century
Danish design.
Danish architect and designer. He is
remembered for his contribution to
architectural Functionalism as well as
for the worldwide success he
enjoyed with simple but effective
chair designs.
Arne Jacobsen Alvar AaltoHans Wegner

11. Or Accessible

13. Cooperative design
Source: http://www.chuckboudreau.com/blog/key-ingredients-for-effective-cross-functional-working-meetings

15. THE DOUBLE DIAMOND

16. Our way
How do we work and how do we think about design

17. What is the best design process?

18. The next one

19. Pragmatic design
The pragmatic account holds that design always is carried out in a specific situation, where the designers
iteratively interpret the effects of their designs on the situation on hand. Since every design situation is different,
the ability to deal with different situations is more important than theories and methodology for guidance.
(Daniel Fallman)
Photo: Martin Sanchez / Unsplash.com

20. Photo: Wickedgoodweb.com

22. Open minded
Critical and conscious
Simple principles

23. Unfold
Photo: Dev Benjamin / Unsplash.com

24. BRIDGE EXAMPLE FROM DT VIDEO

25. The last lemon
Compromise is not always bad
Photo: Ernest Porzi / Unsplash.com

26. Evaluate
Photo: Carlos Miranda Levy / Unsplash.com

28. “ “There’s this gap between the vision and the customer.
To make the two fit, you have to talk to people
Joe Gebbia, designer and founder AirBnb

30. YES YES YES
Photo: Jason Rosewell / Unsplash.com

31. Photo: Pavan Trikutam / Unsplash.com

33. Photo: Snøhetta

34. Photo: Snøhetta

35. INCLUSIVE
The Opera in Olso is one of the many keyless
structures Snøhetta has designed .
The building's lobby is a public spaces, free and
open to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Photo: Snøhetta

37. Exercise intro
5 min

38. EXERCISE GUIDELINES
There are no
stupid ideas
Ask questions
One post-it = one
“idea”
Quantity rather
than quality

39. PROBLEM BRAINSTORM
5 min Photo: Daria Nepriakhina

40. PROBLEM MAPPING
Small scale Large scale
10 min

41. STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
Photo: MethodKit

42. WHAT IS A STAKEHOLDER?
Photo: Colourbox

43. STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
Who are our stakeholders?
5 minute post-it brainstorm (individually)
Map stakeholders (plenum)
Prioritise stakeholders
Choose stakeholders to work with
30 min
Photo: MethodKit

44. STAKEHOLDER NEEDS
Group exercise:
What are the stakeholder needs
Write one need per post-it
One Blixt & Dunder tutor per group
15 min
Photo: Evan Dennis

45. PRESENT STAKEHOLDER
NEEDS
Walk between the tables:
Each group presents the stakeholder’s needs (5
minutes)
20 min
Photo: University of Maine

46. HOW TO MOVE ON?
15 minPhoto: Google maps

47. Tak, Tack, Thanks!
Blixt & Dunder
info@blixtdunder.com
www.blixtdunder.com
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