Looking at Sharing and Collaboration

As I began to explore ways of depicting this model of the designer’s practice, it became obvious that the act of collaboration must be considered and included.
I began by trying to define collaboration for myself by first seeing where it fits in relation to the rest of a designer’s process.

I started with a hierarchy. Projects are what designers engage in as a part of their Practice. There may be multiple projects within a practice. A designer’s practice may also include relationships with others’ practices. These relationships are called Collaborations.  This hierarchy seemed to work, but failed to acknowledge the scale of collaborative experiences from those that are rich and intimate, to others that are more like remixing or crowd sourcing.

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