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Design Thinking - Background and History

Season 1, Ep. 1

This is the first episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers.

 

In this episode we explore the background and history of Design Thinking. We ask questions like: What is Design Thinking? What is the history of Design Thinking? Plus, why has Design Thinking taken off?


This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Sam Fry (samueljfry.weebly.com) and Richard Adams (https://www.richardfadams.com/).


Each of the episodes in this series includes extracts from interviews conducted in late 2020 and early 2021. The full list of interviewees are here:


All music from this podcast is available on a Creative Commons licence, downloaded at freemusicarchive.org. Artists include Alex Productions, Circus Marcus, Crowander and Jahzzar.


For more information about TECHnique, visit: technique.create-hub.com/



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