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Illustration by Jasper Kipp. Learn more about our illustrators. Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Accepting Ambiguity What’s the mindsetAmbiguity arises when contexts, meanings, or futures are unclear (basically all the time!). Accepting ambiguity is recognizing this uncertainty and being okay with the not knowing, at least temporarily. When we imagine potential futures, whether in our livesContinue reading “Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Accepting Ambiguity”

Illustration by Alice Lee. Learn more about our illustrators. Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Iteration What’s the mindsetIteration is the approach of learning through making, and ongoing improvement along the way. It is the mindset that allows us to accept that it’s not realistic to figure everything out perfectly the first time, and that feedback andContinue reading “Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Iteration”

Illustration by Lorry Jamison. Learn more about our illustrators. Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Visual Thinking What’s the mindsetVisual thinking is about creating images or other mock-ups that represent the current or imagined world and help us make sense of it and communicate it. Visual thinking can be as simple as a stick-figure sketch on aContinue reading “Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Visual Thinking”

Illustration by Camryn Cogshell. Learn more about our illustrators. Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Embracing (Small) Failure What’s the mindsetEmbracing (small) failure is treating an unexpected or undesired response as an opportunity to learn and adjust. It’s a mindset that pairs with a process of managed risk taking where each risk is small enough to limitContinue reading “Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Embracing (Small) Failure”

Illustration by Tay Tuteur. Learn more about our illustrators. Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Optimism What’s the mindset Optimism is the attitude that things can be better than they currently are, and that change is possible Why it’s important For us, design is the intentional process of making things better than they were before — ideally, more sustainable,Continue reading “Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Optimism”