Education to build lives that have meaning and purpose. Introduction After my last post, I deep-dived into the education system. I wanted to understand the trends, the reasons and how it is done today, and also some opinions of design educators. Through this post, I will talk about the problem and…

My journey as an “average” student. New update From the last few weeks, my focus has made a shift from Business Innovation to Education. Now, this does not mean that there was a change of heart or the topic became boring. But, there are way too many opportunities for problem-solving out there…

Methodology(s) Recap In the last blog (Injecting service design capabilities into business innovation.), I reasoned out my choice of topic for the major project unit. …

Speculative design as part of design futures project Introduction This blog was developed for the MA Service Design program as a part Design Futures unit. The project was alongside Southwark Council addressing the topic of Climate Emergency. As a team of 3 Service Designers, we set out to understand the world…

It is the second week of the proposal development unit, and it is time to disclose the topic I would like to work on for the next 6 months of my program. And this is the status of my thoughts LITERALLY, not even kidding. As a ‘designer’, I would like…

The making and re-making. Finding a balance between what can be and what should be Design Fiction is a technique pioneered by the Near Future Laboratory which helps explore, understand and ultimately prepare for the future. Design Fiction works by presenting slightly skewed versions of normality in order to provoke debate and discussion (Near Future Laboratory Shop, 2021) To spark the…

Recognizing the impact of how we design. I have been a “designer” for the last couple of years, where rolling out projects and meeting deadlines had become an integral part of my daily routine so much so that I forgot to zoom out and look at the bigger picture. The…

Self-assessment is the time when you deliberately think about yourself, paying attention to your own thoughts, emotions, decisions, and behaviors. The time has come. The first 7 months of my course — MA Service Design at UAL have been in teams and on teams (literally). In the past 7 months, I learned about working…

How might we spark a conversation? Global Trends and Changing Paradigms To design the future, it was important for us to understand the present and that’s how we began. We did an in-depth horizon scanning for the project, to understand the topic from various perspectives. This exercise helped us collect and analyze a significant amount…