Design Thinking Case Study: Improving City Mobility

Cindy Oran
4 min readApr 25, 2021

Week 1 Ironhack Berlin

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The goal was not to present a finished and polished prototype by the end of the week. We were asked to focus on isolating, researching and understanding a more precise, granular and specific problem from the given list. The outcome will be an overview of the solution: a first attempt to organize requirements, actors, and resources with technology to improve people's experience.

Challenge Chosen:

As the relationship between the metropolis and rural areas are transforming, moving around the city has also witnessed a transformation over the past years. A huge variety of alternatives is emerging in the transportation field. At the same time, the streets have become a playground for exercise.

How Might We organize the variety of people navigating the streets to provide a more efficient and cleaner city?

Design Thinking Process

This non-linear process consists of 5 stages.

1. EMPATHIZE

User Research

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Cindy Oran

Productivity • LifeHacks • Travels • Lifestyle // Intuitive product marketer, recent UX designer, aspiring design thinker and amateur chef.