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Jan 2024
47m 7s

Lost history with Zoë Rose

James Royal-Lawson & Per Axbom
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S02E08 (#318). Zoë has been researching the history of some of the creative thinking methodologies we use as designers. In this episode she takes on a journey back to the origins of brainstorming, the double diamond, and design thinking. 
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