Design thinking in technical communication

This work explicates the relationships between design thinking, critical making, and socially responsive technical communication. It leverages the recent technology-powered DIY culture called 'the Maker Movement' to identify how citizen innovation can inform cutting-edge social innovation that advocates for equitable change and progress on today's 'wicked' problems. After offering a succinct account of the origin and recent history of design thinking, along with its connections to the design paradigm in writing studies, the book analyzes maker culture and its influences on innovation and education through an ethnographic study of three academic makerspaces.