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After listening to a presentation by Guest Speaker, Jon Follett: • Identify something that was unexpected • Identify something you’d like to learn more about • Identify something that was inspiring  One thing that I have always and still find unexpected in design is the discovery and perhaps even serendipity that is experienced in an unconventional idea that has no business succeeding but still does so anyway. It could be a dumb idea or what may

What discovery method is the most useful in your current or future projects and why? The discovery method that I find most useful personally is observing. I consider myself a visual leaner and creative designer given my graphic design background and interests. With that said, whenever I begin the discovery process in creating or recreating a new idea or concept, I always seek to visualize a problem as physically (or mentally) demonstrated before drawing it out.

Design Thinking includes 5 parts: • Answering a (big) question • Solving for humans (culture & context) first • Learning by making • Designing systems (not widgets) • Engaging the community for participatory exploration and design What “big question” would you want to answer? (don’t limit yourself here in funding or tech or resources). Describe the community you would engage with to explore ideas and how might you engage them? (be specific as described in the TED talk)