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Recreate The Ramen Noodle Experience - Freshmen Instant ramen: it’s a meal for some people, for others a hot snack. Some people eat it every week, and  some people only ate it in college. It’s study food, emergency food, camping food, and bulk food with a  longer shelf life than your shampoo. Some eat it raw, some follow the directions, and for some, it’s the  muse for whatever is in the fridge. It’s a million different things to (literally) a million different people in the  US and around the world.  For these reasons, it’s a great platform to learn and practice the user-centered design process. The five phases to the design thinking process are: To learn more about our Design Thinking curriculum please go to our Multimedia Website . The Design Project: Umami, a group of food-focused entrepreneurs looking to make waves in the instant ramen industry, has  retained a group of hotshot designers (our students!) to improve the instant ramen experience.  The epiphany came when two of the

Welcome Freshmen - Class Of 2019 Our Junior class worked hard to welcome our new Freshmen class to Multimedia by creating a welcome video. The purpose of this design challenge was to help students develop a sense of empathy for the challenges students face in their high school daily life experiences. This brief asked our Juniors;   “How Might We Create A Way To Make New Freshman Feel at Ease in our shop ? Students used our 5-step Design Thinking Model (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test)  from Stanford University. The Welcome Video. The Bloopers. A welcome package containing a sketchbook and survival guide were given as gifts to our new freshman. Our design thinking (problem solving) course is based on Stanford University's Design School (d school). The d school is a hub for innovators at Stanford. Students and faculty in engineering, medicine, business, law, the humanities, sciences, and education find their way here to take on the world’s messy problems together.  We