Proposed business cases and design challenges are evaluated by a multidisciplinary team of students and faculty throughout a 14- to 16- week studio project, which results in the creation of innovative design concepts and solutions for consumers to live well across their lifespan.
The Live Well's unique design thinking process model provides industry partners full access to multidisciplinary resources, allowing for a multitude of project outcomes. Each product or service development project has its own designated design studio, which is locked and password protected to ensure project confidentiality. The design studio serves as an open environment for the team to freely innovate and execute project development.
The team uses the dedicated studio space to visually display research results, conduct co-creation sessions with consumers, present ideation conclusions, and show refinement of concepts. At project completion, the industry sponsor owns all design concepts and intellectual property developed during the project.
User-centered research is at the core of our design thinking process. The Live Well Collaborative has a network of experienced participants eager to fulfill any user-centered research needs that your organization may have.
The Live Well conducts Think Tanks with UC's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) to gain key strategic insights into the aging market. The OLLI group consists of individuals in the 50+ population who are continuing their education by taking college courses at the University of Cincinnati (UC). Combining the OLLI group with Live Well's UC students provides a unique setting for creative thinking and promotes innovation across the lifespan. During these Think Tank sessions, the group participates in activities and exercises based on the needs of the project. These Think Tanks are utilized multiple times throughout the design thinking process. After each session, the team collects information, synthesizes insights, and visualizes concepts.
Through Think Tanks, workshops, and studios, the Live Well has accumulated a wealth of design research knowledge centered around various product and service categories. We are experts in creating insight visualizations that convey information effectively for your organization.
The Live Well Collaborative has developed a variety of research tools to promote innovation and collaborative thinking for your organization's specific needs. These research tools allow you to break down the barriers of conventional brainstorming and see the problem from a different perspective, which leads to creative design solutions.
At the Live Well Collaborative, we strive for great design. We stand for value, transparency, and empathy in everything we do. To stand by these values, the Live Well has created a unique design thinking approach to solve design challenges. To enhance your organization's design process, we offer online learning modules and customized learning labs.
Experience our design thinking process by becoming a partner, accepting a cooperative learning position, or participating in one of our user-centered research sessions.
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