• Question: where do you start the design process

    Asked by ocomb to Shruti, Mark, Faranak, Charlene, Alistair on 13 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Mark Bentley

      Mark Bentley answered on 13 Mar 2019:

      Pen and paper!!!!

      Lots of thinking.

      I treat it like a game of chess, you must plan through the whole job/idea from start to finish before you start making anything!!!

      Saves a lot of time further down the line!

    • Photo: Shruti Turner

      Shruti Turner answered on 13 Mar 2019:

      I start by looking at the problem I am trying to solve. I do everything I can to find as much about it as possible and understand it.

    • Photo: Faranak Bahrami

      Faranak Bahrami answered on 14 Mar 2019:

      -Identify the problem
      -Identify the end goal (what do you want it to do)
      -Research to see if anyone has had a similar problem, take notes
      -Consider all the different ways that can be used to solve the problem based on your research and your own knowledge
      -Make a matrix of their feasibilities (sometimes something sounds amazing but when you look at all the aspects, it is just not feasible to do it!)
      – Narrow down the solutions
      – Go for the one that makes the best logical sense (sometimes you don’t do it though, depends on many things)

      You have done your design process. (sometimes it’s more complicated)

    • Photo: Alistair McConnell

      Alistair McConnell answered on 14 Mar 2019:

      Coffee, white board and different coloured pens. Then I write everything I know and the goal of the project and see what the gaps are (there is normally a lot) and this is how I begin the design process.

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