Applying Design Thinking
Applying Design Thinking
Sit Ka Man (Karen) is
a graduating senior of the class of 2020. In addition to completing her Bachelor’s
degree in Economics and Finance, Karen has recently been recognised for her
service as a Student Designer, receiving the CEDARS Service Award - Silver
Award at the 23rd Recognition Ceremony.
Karen’s interest in
design dates back to her high school years, creating designs for drama
productions. She continued to develop
her interest during her freshman year, designing posters for a student organisation.
Karen came across the job opening of CEDARS Student
Host Programme and decided to submit her design portfolio. Since then, Karen has contributed her designs
for numerous CEDARS programmes and activities.
Karen particularly
enjoyed designing publicity materials for CEDARS. “Being an HKU student, I am able to apply
design thinking as I am the target audience of my own work.” Unlike outside organisations which lay down
rigid specifications, CEDARS gave Karen much flexibility to experiment with various
styles in her work. In fact, one of
Karen’s most recent works was designing for the 23rd Recognition Ceremony where she herself was one of the awardees.
“I am grateful that a friend of mine recommended me to apply in the
first place, and now I strongly recommend you to do the same.”
Now, Karen’s university life is coming to an end. She encourages all interested students to
become her successor. “I am grateful
that a friend of mine recommended me to apply in the first place, and now I
strongly recommend you to do the same - CEDARS colleagues are really nice and I
thoroughly enjoyed my time working with them.”
Written
by:
Truston Yu
Year 3, Faculty of Social Sciences
April 2020