The Design Process

Each designer has a process, each process is unique and continues to evolve with the designers experience, skill, and knowledge.

My professor in college would have a specific rubric for each of our projects. We would start by creating 30 thumbnail sketches per design. This is to get all of the current designs out of our heads and stretch our ideas.

After this step we were to create about 3 rough drafts out of those 30 sketches we created. This was to flesh out the ideas to clearly see what the final product might look like. This could be done by hand or digitally on the computer. I would switch up which medium I would use depending on the project.

We then took the best design out of the rough drafts and created a final draft of the project. This final project was presented and critiqued by fellow designers. This presentation often included a mock up to show off the design in a realistic way. After the critique presentation, we were to make corrections on the final project and turn in the final product.

When first putting this process into practice I felt it was redundant and sometimes a waste of time, however, the less I pushed back and allowed myself to get into the flow of the design process, the more I liked the outcome of the project. I found myself starting with a handful ideas and fleshing out completely different ideas by the final product.

This was one of my first projects using this design process. We were also exploring the use of color - color theory and color schemes.

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