​A hands-on workshop on turning insights into ideas that actually hold.

Most ideas aren’t bad. They’re just… premature.

​We’re trained to move fast, jump to solutions, and make things look good quickly.

​But good design doesn’t come from speed. It comes from seeing differently.

​This session is about breaking that habit.

​This hands-on workshop explores how ideas actually emerge i.e through tension, constraints, and collaboration and not just creativity.

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​What we’ll do:

​Start with people (but not in a fluffy way)

​Map real experiences

​Surface assumptions

​Interrogate what we think we know

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​Push beyond obvious ideas

​Generate more (and worse) ideas — on purpose

​Break out of default thinking patterns

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​Make it real

​Work with constraints

​Shape direction

​Turn messy thinking into something tangible

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​What you’ll take away

• ​Why most teams default to shallow thinking

• ​How to actually practice divergent thinking (not just talk about it)

• ​What it means to move from insight → concept

• ​How constraints make ideas stronger, not weaker
  

​Who this is for

• ​Professionals who want to relax, nerd out, and build fun things

• ​Designers who are tired of surface-level workshops

• ​People who jump to solutions (you know who you are)

• ​Anyone curious about how ideas actually come together

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​About Service Design Drinks (SDD)

​SDD is a community of practice for people interested in service design.

​We host casual, hands-on sessions to learn, share, and grow together - no fluff, just thoughtful work and conversation.

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​Agenda

​5:30 pm | Arrival + settle in

​6:00 pm | Workshop session

​7:30 pm | Stay back and connect