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ADT: a digital card-based toolkit for AI-augmented design thinking

Yin, Yuan (1); Sungprasit, Varisara (2); Lin, Mingnan (1)

Type:
Papers
DS 145: Proceedings of the DESIGN2026 19th International Design Conference
Year:
2026
Editor:
Štorga, M.; Škec, S.; Martinec, T.; Marjanović, D.; Pavković, N.
Author:
Yin, Yuan (1); Sungprasit, Varisara (2); Lin, Mingnan (1)
Series:
DESIGN
Institution:
1: Imperial College London, United Kingdom; 2: Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom
Page(s):
1161-1170
DOI number:
10.1017/pds.2026.10474
ISSN:
2732-527X (Online)
Abstract:
This paper presents ADT, a digital card-based toolkit designed to integrate AI into the Design Thinking process. A survey of 204 designers examined AI literacy, usage patterns, and adoption barriers. Results indicated uneven familiarity, with higher use in Prototyping and Testing stages. Key challenges included prompting, trust, ethics, and training gaps. ADT, thus, structures four professional roles across five design-thinking stages, providing reusable prompts, recommended AI tools, exemplar outputs, and ethical reminders to promote informed and responsible human–AI collaboration.
Keywords:
artificial intelligence (AI), design thinking, product design, human-AI collaboration, card-based toolkit
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