Proposal a 9 Step Process to Unlock the Design Capability

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to define the "design capability" and to propose a process of social design project to unlock the "design capability". First, we organize previous research on design attitude and design capability to define the design capability. Next, we survey and analyze social design projects and examine the process to unlock the design capability. The research subject, NPO hanalabs, has been working on social design projects with female students for 10 years. As a result of the research, nine processes for unlocking the design capability were identified.