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Health Design Thinking
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Health Design Thinking

Creating Products and Services for Better Health

Ellen Lupton and Bon Ku
MIT Press, 2020

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Have you ever entered a space and felt at peace, or worked through a process and felt appreciation for how easily the task flowed, or used a product so intuitive in its design that you didn’t need instructions? Imagine those experiences in a health care context. That’s the world design experts Bon Ku and Ellen Lupton would like to create. On its surface, their manual aims at designers of health products, but the exercises the authors provide will help anyone involved in creative work or problem-solving. 

Take-Aways

  • Design thinking requires a human-centered approach and a creative mind-set.
  • Observation, imagination and prototyping comprise the three phases of design thinking.
  • A design workshop includes activities that spark creativity in designers, caregivers and patients, helping them communicate and test their ideas.

About the Authors

Dr. Bon Ku is the Director of the Health Design Lab, the Assistant Dean for Health and Design at Thomas Jefferson University and leads the Medicine+Design initiatives at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College. Ellen Lupton is founding director of Maryland Institute College of Art’s Graphic Design MFA program.

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