Design Thinking – MYP Design

Abstract

Through this link you can access the first season of the series Abstract.

This comes from National Geographic: “Mental maps are a mix of objective knowledge and subjective perceptions that are created from a person’s internalized representation of aspects on Earth’s surface. We use our experiences, knowledge, and ideas to organize spatial information to determine relative location, distance, and connections in our minds. These maps are important references… Continue reading Mental Maps

Design books

What if I want to be a designer? Any good books I can read? Design is a vast subject, so it all depends what you are interested on, but this is an interesting list compiled by designers and teachers.

Design challenges

A collection of 30 minutes design challenges compiled form different sources. Useful to start the year or to have some fun activities. Alluminium boats, by code.org. Illustration source.

Problem solving

Design is all about problem solving. And if we think about it our life is full of problem-solving activities, even though we do not always think about them this way. “Having a strategy or process to approach lots of different kinds of problems can make you a more thoughtful, creative, and successful problem solver.” says… Continue reading Problem solving

Design cycle for lower grades

The uncomfortable

The Uncomfortable is a collection of deliberately inconvenient everyday objects by Athens-based architect Katerina Kamprani.

What is photography?

Photographers talk about their craft We are going to watch different photographers talk about their work. Before watching the video we will briefly discuss some questions they will also address. You do not need to answer the questions, you just need to participate in the discussion to get your thinking going. I will copy the… Continue reading What is photography?

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