Design th!nking : the act or practice of using your mind to consider design

202 Pages·2010·9.375 MB·English

by  Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris

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Client: Futro Fanzine
Design:Futro
Design thinking:
Logo appropriation forces
people to consider the parallels
between large corporations
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Contents
Introduction 6
How to get the most out of this book 8
Frost Design NB Studio Studio Myerscough
Stages of thinking 10 Research 34 Idea generation 48
The design process 12 Identifying drivers 36 Basic design
Stage 1 – Define 14 Information gathering 38 directions 50
Stage 2 – Research 18 Target groups 42 Themes of thinking 56
Stage 3 – Ideate 20 Samples and Inspiration and
Stage 4 – Prototype 22 feedback 46 references 60
Stage 5 – Select 24 Brainstorming 66
Stage 6 – Implement 26 Value 70
Stage 7 – Learn 28 Inclusion 74
Example project 30 Sketching 76
Presenting ideas 80
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Refinement 82 Prototyping 134 Implementation 152
Thinking in images 84 Developing designs 136 Format 154
Thinking in signs 86 ‘Types’ of prototype 140 Materials 158
Appropriation 92 Vocabulary 144 Finishing 162
Humour 96 Media 166
Personification 98 Scale 168
Visual metaphors 100 Series/Continuity 172
Modification 102
Thinking in words 108
Words and language110
Type ‘faces’ 118
Thinking in shapes 120
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Introduction
‘You cannot hold a design in your hand. It is not a thing. It is a process. A system.
A way of thinking.’
Bob Gill, Graphic Design as a Second Language
Design is an iterative process and design thinking is present in each stage
of the journey from client brief to finished work. Different solutions can be
produced for any given brief and these can differ widely in levels of creativity,
practicality and budget.
This book aims to present an overview of the design thinking involved at each stage
of the design process: the methods used by designers to generate and refine
creative ideas, the key considerations that help shape them and the feedback
and review elements that allow design teams to learn from each job and contribute
to future commissions.
Through detailed studies of contemporary work and analysis of the basic theories, we
examine how a designer can generate and resolve ideas to produce creative
solutions that best meet the stated aims of a brief.
Stages of thinking Refinement
An overview of the different stages of the design This section looks at how a general design concept
process and the key considerations of each stage can be refined. We will examine how images, words,
to produce a successful design, with a focus on colour and substrates can be used to enhance the idea
the design brief and project definition stage. and increase its effectiveness.
Research Prototyping
This section looks at the stage at which information is Design ideas need to be presented and articulated to
collected to help generate design ideas. This includes test target group acceptance and receive client
consumer profiles and target group definitions, approval. Here we see how models, dummies and
quantitative and qualitative information and storyboards can be used to convey ideas so that they
feedback from past projects. can be understood in this context.
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How to get the most out of this book
This book introduces different aspects of design thinking via dedicated
chapters for each topic. Each chapter provides numerous examples from
leading contemporary design studios, showing unique and creative design
thinking and with a detailed analysis to explain the reasons behind the
design choices made.
Key design principles are isolated so that the reader can see how they are applied
in practice.
Clear navigation Introductions
Each chapter has a clear strapline, Special section introductions
which allows readers to quickly outline basic concepts that will
locate areas of interest. be discussed.
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Samples and feedback
Client: London College
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behaviours and aspirations of a target Design thinking: Interactive
presentation allows viewers
group often involves detailed study of that to leave feedback
group. As it is not possible to quiz every
member of the target population, a sample
group is typically defined.
Samples
A sample group is typically a collection of five to ten people who share the
characteristics of the target group and who can be used for one-to-one
interviews, questionnaires and focus groups. The sample should be as
representative as possible of the overall population under study and should be
selected by first determining the most important attributes that define the group.
These may include age, education level, ethnicity and socio-economic group.
Feedback
Design is an iterative process, during which internal and external feedback is
sought and received at all stages. The main learning opportunity comes at the
end of the process when feedback about the performance, acceptance and
success of a design is sought and fed back into the design process. The aim
of this is to maintain or improve performance or to better control the process.
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Divergence
Divergence is the expansion or spreading out of something from a central point
or theme. This can be clearly seen in fields as diverse as market segmentation
and typography. Divergence occurs as both an instigator and a response to
divergence in society at large as designers respond to changing demographics,
and the increasingly diverse market segmentations of their clients.
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Transformation involves a substantial qualitative change, such as the redesign of
theory by showing the basic a visual identity, or a repackage in order to facilitate a new distribution method.
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Thinking in images
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of graphic design. As we all know, a
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Images can be used to communicate in many different ways as they are very
versatile and their reading can be conditioned by other factors at play during
their presentation. Images can have different cultural and social interpretations
and these can be shaped by the contexts within which they are used.
The cultural groups they are directed towards, the inclusion or exclusion of
particular signs and symbols shared by a cultural group, the use or absence
of conditioning agents such as wit and humour and appropriation of historical
meaning, are all factors that might influence the meaning drawn from an image.
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