Thirteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

Abstract

Industrial designers apply different processes to achieve quality and optimum results. The design processes today positions the user center stage placed well within the context. Designers drive the complete process from initial user research to the final stages of product realization through a multidisciplinary team. Interestingly, design output to the same problem statement may vary, even if the same design process is put into use by two different teams aiming to achieve separate workable solutions. Here, designer’s mind drives the complete process and influences others during the course through various stages of the design. A mind culture, therefore, may help enhance the quality of a proposal. Ancient Indian doctrines establish that Yoga cultures the mind from a gross physical state to a more subtle level. Some specific somatotype practices of Yoga are known to stimulate the mind; destined to enhance a sense of empathy and creativity of a practitioner. A tailored yoga module experimented with a set of design students to stimulate their minds during design stages and the outcome assessed by the experts and discussed further in the paper.