This paper exploring the impact of the utilization of Design Thinking tool in facilitating the development of a group of design undergraduates’ creativity skills and motivation to think creatively. This study used a qualitative approach based on open-ended face-to-face interviews. A group of 55 design undergraduates from a Malaysian university was recruited, who were equally divided into 11 design teams, with each team having to solve the problems faced by alocal community. A stratified sampling method was employed to choose two members from each group, totaling 22 students as the interviewees. In the interviews, open endedquestionwas asked to probe their experience on how Design Thinking had facilitated their creative thinking and motivation to be creative. The qualitative analysis of the interview data revealed that the Design Thinking approach helped the design students to be both creative and highly motivated, thus enabling them to propose and develop practical, innovative designs. Clearly, such findings suggest that both factors are intimately linked with one another. The study shows that it is important for design educators to utilize the Design Thinking learning strategy to synergize the creative skills and motivationto be creative especially in design education in developing competent, responsible future designers who able to serve the society more effectively.

本文探讨了使用“设计思维”工具对促进一群设计本科生的创造力和创新思维动机的影响。这项研究采用了基于开放式面对面访谈的定性方法。招募了来自马来西亚大学的55名设计专业本科生，将他们平均分为11个设计团队，每个团队都必须解决当地社区面临的问题。采用分层抽样方法从每组中选择两名成员，共有22名学生作为受访者。在访谈中，有人问了开放式问题，以探讨他们在设计思维如何促进他们的创造性思维和创新动机方面的经验。对访谈数据的定性分析表明，“设计思维”方法帮助设计学生既富有创造力又充满动力，从而使他们能够提出和开发实用的创新设计。显然，这样的发现表明这两个因素是密切相关的。研究表明，对于设计教育者来说，重要的是要利用设计思维学习策略来协同创新能力和创造力，特别是在设计教育中，培养能干，负责任的，能够更有效地服务于社会的设计师。