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Design Thinking Studio

Begin by understanding the brief and design challenge, then use the 5E Design Thinking Framework to engage with people and context, evaluate evidence, explore ideas, expand promising concepts and execute a tested response.

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The stages and tools of the 5E Design Thinking Framework

The panels below show the project pathway from understanding the challenge through to testing and implementation. Each stage contains tools that can help your team gather evidence, make sense of what it learns and decide what to do next.

Use the framework flexibly. Select tools according to the needs of your project—you do not need to use every tool or complete the stages only once. New evidence may require your team to return to an earlier stage.

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