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Interactive Lab

Design Thinking Lab

Walk through all 5 phases of human-centred design. Build personas, define problems, brainstorm solutions, prototype, and plan testing — all in one place.

Phase 1: Empathize

Understand the people you are designing for. Map stakeholders, create detailed personas, and build empathy maps to capture what users say, think, do, and feel.

Stakeholder Mapping

Persona Creation

Empathy Map

Focus on your primary persona. What do they say, think, do, and feel about the problem?

Says

Thinks

Does

Feels

Phase 2: Define

Synthesize your empathy research into a clear problem statement. Reframe the challenge and craft a "How Might We" question that opens up solution space.

Problem Reframing

How Might We (HMW) Statement Builder

Combine a user, a need, and an insight to create your HMW statement.

Fill in the fields above to generate your HMW statement

Needs vs Wants Matrix

Must Have (Needs)

Should Have

Nice to Have (Wants)

Out of Scope

Phase 3: Ideate

Generate as many ideas as possible. Capture them freely, then cluster and prioritize using the feasibility-impact matrix.

Brainstorm Ideas

Idea Clusters

Group related ideas into themes or clusters.

Feasibility-Impact Matrix

Drag idea cards from the pool above into the appropriate quadrant.

High Impact / High Feasibility
High Impact / Low Feasibility
Low Impact / High Feasibility
Low Impact / Low Feasibility

Phase 4: Prototype

Describe your solution, outline key features and resources, and map the user journey from first awareness to final outcome.

Solution Description

Key Features

Resource Requirements

User Journey Map

Map the steps a user takes from first learning about the solution to achieving their outcome.

Phase 5: Test

Plan how to test your prototype, capture feedback from users, and document iterations for improvement.

Test Plan

Feedback Capture

Iteration Notes