Design Thinking for Entrepreneurship in Frugal Contexts
Journal article, 2019

Even if design is recognized as an important driver for innovation on a global scale, there are still many countries in the developing part of the world where design as a process for innovation do not play any significant role for businesses and society. There is however a growing interest in design as a resource for innovation in many developing countries, e.g. in Kenya, where these projects are taking place. The results illustrate how design can support a local network by establishing a co-creation process as the basis for innovations and entrepreneurship in a frugal context, the role and value of design thinking for supporting entrepreneurs. The experiences and learnings from frugal innovations are of equal importance as the process and mindset of Design Thinking. A new type of Knowledge Cluster therefore includes not only design knowledge and skills, but also frugal innovation and frugal criteria.

Design Thinking

Knowledge Clusters

Frugal Context

Frugal Innovation

Author

Lisbeth Svengren Holm

University of Gothenburg

Maria Nyström Reuterswärd

University of Gothenburg

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods

Godfrey Nyotumba

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science & Technology

Design Journal

1460-6925 (ISSN)

Vol. 22 sup1 295-307

Subject Categories

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Design

Other Humanities not elsewhere specified

DOI

10.1080/14606925.2019.1595865

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Latest update

3/19/2021