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Even though before starting this course I had come already come from a design background, this module has taught me to not only continue being a creative thinker but a divergent one. 

We often hear people talk about thinking outside the box to find the best solutions to design problems, however what if we instead created our own box? 

 I have learned throughout this Creativity in Design module, that we as designers need to open our minds to tackling different situations and how we use those situations to the best of our advantage. 

 I believe that being a good designer also means being a better human being, we strive to find solutions to things that we would have never imagined would or could exist. We are natural problem solvers, and this in turn helps us in our own personal lives too. 

Design thinking is a magical toolbox that can be used for many situations in life, and this makes us powerful. We can open ourselves to different industries, people, culture, history, nature and empathise with this in order to better design for these environments and communities. 

Working with a new team brings every time new challenges, but also deepens our knowledge and acceptance of the diversity of how, we human, think. It opens our minds to go into unchartered territories and nurture a supportive work-out-loud culture.

 I used to think that design was purely linear and just a means to respond to set briefs from the industry, however this module has taught me that there is so much more to design and if anything design should actually be non-linear, and there shouldn’t be this pressure to design for all because we are all very different and extremely complicated beings, have different values, needs as we all come from different backgrounds, cultures, and countries and therefore should be open to listen and open our minds to different possibilities. 

Although as a designer I had learned about creative thinking, this module deepened my understanding of the creative process. Focusing on the divergent state of ideation, putting a break on finding a solution was a challenge for the team but it opened our minds to new perspectives. I learned to enjoy challenging assumptions, engage in alternative ways of thinking, asking why? Above all, it taught me how to practice design with a more human-centred approach, concentrating on the people we wanted to help, what they felt, how they thought, what their needs were before thinking about the things we should construct.