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AI & Digital Arts · MS elective · 3 credit hours · 16 sessions

AI to the Design Thinking Process

This course integrates Artificial Intelligence into the world-renowned “Design Thinking” methodology (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test). Students will explore how AI can act as a collaborator at every stage of the human-centered design process, from processing large datasets for user empathy to generating divergent ideas and simulating user feedback for testing.

§ 01 By the end you can
  1. Enhance the "Empathize" phase using AI sentiment analysis and data synthesis
  2. Use AI to sharpen problem statements in the "Define" phase
  3. Apply generative tools to diverge and converge rapidly during "Ideation"
  4. Accelerate the "Prototype" phase with AI-generated mockups and storyboards
  5. Conduct synthetic "Testing" and analyze feedback using machine learning
§ 02 Sixteen sessions

The whole semester.

  1. 01Overview: Design Thinking in the AI Era
  2. 02Phase 1: Empathize - Data Gathering
  3. 03AI for Interview Analysis & Insight
  4. 04Phase 2: Define - Pattern Recognition
  5. 05Crafting "How Might We" with LLMs
  6. 06Phase 3: Ideate - Breaking Creative Blocks
  7. 07Divergent Thinking: Quantity to Quality
  8. 08 · MidtermMidterm Examination
  9. 09Ideation II: Converging & Selecting
  10. 10Phase 4: Prototype - Low-Fidelity AI
  11. 11Prototype - High-Fidelity & UI Generation
  12. 12Phase 5: Test - Simulating User Interactions
  13. 13Analyzing Test Data with AI
  14. 14Iteration: The AI Feedback Loop
  15. 15Case Studies: AI Design Thinking in Industry
  16. 16Final Project Submission & Process Book

Midterm around session 8. Final project briefed at session 8 or 9 and developed in stages until the juries.

§ 03 Final project

Final Project Submission & Process Book

How it’s judged

Recommended reading
  1. Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation by Idris Mootee
  2. Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley and David Kelley
  3. Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI by Paul R. Daugherty
  4. The Design Thinking Playbook by Michael Lewrick
  5. Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp
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