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process of making in physical form

Diagram: Designer’s Practice

Project Diagram

I think at the heart of what we are trying to do lies a need to fully appreciate and understand what it is that a project entails, and to then figure out how we want to create, capture, and navigate, and share them. Above is a stab at a taxonomy of the concept of “project”. Each piece and sub-piece of the project is surrounded by a cycle of thinking and making, and each piece is capable of informing or contributing to the other pieces. What is important here is not that the causal process of the project be defined, but rather the basic categorization of the pieces that both support the process and are a product of the process. Also, it is important to note that it is the whole project that creates a bridge between a designer and the audience designed for, not just the final output, and that the relationship between the designer and the project is itself mediated by the tools which allow the designer to work within it.

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Diagram: design process

The diagram shown above maps the collaboration process among designers. It starts with the brainstorming stage where each designer or group exchanges thoughts and identify the best or most relevant plan for the given project. Read the rest of this entry »