Topic 1: Designing with empathy - Overview

How do designers ensure their designs meet the needs and wants of people?

In this topic, you will:

Identify a person or group of people as stakeholders, including:

> a school community

> not-for-profit organisations such as sporting clubs, churches and community support groups

> neighbours

> community or individuals in a foreign country

> local businesses

> an identifiable demographic group

Analyse stakeholders’ needs or wants

Use drawing and low-fidelity prototyping appropriate to the design problem and the requirements of the stakeholders

Write a design brief for stakeholders to define the problem

Devise and evaluate ideas with stakeholders

Synthesise and evaluate design concepts with stakeholders

Communicate a design proposal to stakeholders