디자인 씽킹에서 디자인 마인드셋으로 전환: 사용자 경험의 의미 형성 관점을 중심으로

초록

Design Thinking has been widely adopted as a methodology for human-centered innovation across fields such as business, education, and public services. However, as it has become standardized into a procedural framework, user experience has increasingly been reduced to a problem-solving process, while the interpretive dimension of how experience forms meaning within temporal and contextual conditions has remained insufficiently explored. Existing discussions on the Design Mindset have likewise focused primarily on competencies such as empathy, collaboration, and creative confidence, leaving the epistemological foundations of design practice underexamined. This study addresses this gap by reinterpreting user experience as a process of meaning-making and reconceptualizing the Design Mindset from an epistemological perspective. Drawing on Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics and Krippendorff’s meaning-centered design theory, the study argues that experience should be understood not as fixed data but as an interpretive process continuously reconstructed through context and relationships. The findings suggest that while Design Thinking is effective in identifying user needs and generating solutions, it remains limited in explaining how experiences acquire meaning. In response, this study redefines the Design Mindset not as a problem-solving competency, but as an epistemological orientation that recognizes the interpretive nature of user experience and engages in the construction of meaning.

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