This paper will examine how design thinking can be used to solve three problems, which are time wastage during laundry, the American education system and food and water waste.
Time wastage during laundry
Many individuals waste a lot of valuable time when they are doing laundry. Design thinking can be utilized in coming up with effective designs of laundry rooms that ensure that time wastage is eliminated in the laundry process. The first step would involve examining the sources of time wastage in laundry room. The most notable source of time loss is separate washer dryers. Therefore, laundry rooms can be designed to have modern machines that wash and dry clothes.
American Educational System
Design thinking can be used in evaluating and improving the American education system. It is important to introduce design changes such as new curriculum and educational structure in order to improve the American Educational system. Furthermore, the new design will involve the constant and consistent review of teachers and tutors in order to ensure that they understand the curriculum they are teaching in class. This will help in ensuring that they understand the content they are deliver in class to students.
Product Design Solutions to waste of food and water
Waste of food and water is a major issue globally since there has been an increase in the amount of food and water that goes to waste every day. In order to reduce food wastage, design thinking can be used in developing community sensitization programs that educate people on the need to save on food. Furthermore, houses can be designed effectively in order to ensure that water is not wasted through broken taps, taps with large flow rates and leaking facets.
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