Design Thinking Is Fundamentally Conservative and Preserves the Status Quo

Design Thinking Is Fundamentally Conservative and Preserves the Status Quo: Both design thinking and the rational-experimental approach implicitly establish problem solving as the remit of the powerful, especially when it comes design for social ends. �They turn the everyday ability to solve a problem into a rarified practice, limited only to those who self-consciously follow a specialized methodology.� In fact, problem-solving is always messy and most solutions are shaped by political agendas and resource constraints. The solutions that win out are not necessarily the best�— they are generally those that are favored by the powerful or at least by the majority. Both rational experimentation and design thinking provide cover for this political calculus. They make a process that is deeply informed by social and economic structures seem merely technical or aesthetic.