The design process is a way to look at large projects. You take the project as a whole and break it down into different modules. These modules are set up to allow the designer to have certain goals that are set throughout the process and set up a system to follow to complete the project. This process not only helps with projects but has also been applied to thinkers and even solving problems.
The design process was first introduced to me in a design thinking workshop that my district sent some employees to in Austin, Texas at the Google Austin headquarters. We spent two days looking at the Design Thinking model for solving problems and how to use that in an educational environment. It was an interesting approach to solving problems through the specific design thinking steps that mirror the design process steps. It was a unique approach to get students to think about the steps of their thinking and not about the end result, the grade. The process was so interesting, I attended another design thinking workshop at the SMU campus called Human Centered Thinking. It followed much of the same steps as the first training with some different tweaks.
The design process is a valuable process to use in these ways. It gives a much-needed structure to a process that needs some structure to keep the process moving. This is important to give a skeleton to allow the creative process to have some structure that works around the project. Without these, in place, a project can get stuck or lose its place during designing. Keeping some structure to a creative process can allow the creativity to shine and keep moving forward.
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