DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN THINKING AS A MEANS OF FORMING THE "FLEXIBLE SKILLS" OF FUTURE BACHELORS OF THE DIRECTION "DESIGN"
On the pages of this article the process of developing design thinking is understood as the future design bachelors’ soft skills forming effective mean. The designer's professional activity essence is demonstrated, the significant role of such competencies in its structure is proved. Then some professional thinking essential characteristics are given, they should be formed by the appropriate profile bachelor at the end of professional training at this stage. Its individual components and their role in the designer's work are considered. The most significant, in the authors’ opinion, its development ways are described. The connection between the formation of design thinking elements on the one hand and soft skills on the other is studied.