Images for Design Processes
The processes used in design vary with the goals and stages of the design process. For example, the work of designing the gears in the transmission of a car is very different that the work of designing the factory that assembles the gears into the transmission.
Despite the wide range of tools and practices used in design, there are some common ideas that are applicable in many aspects of design. On this page we present some graphical images used to convey the design process.
The images on this page express high-level ideas related to stages or steps as a design evolves from a vague concept to a concrete artifact.
Visual Images of the design process
Design thinking has a standard visual representation
The Oregon MESA invention process uses I-N-V-E-N-T as a mnemonic
Credit Oregon MESA
Iteration within the process means that design is not a linear sequence
Credit Interaction Design Foundation
Design is a messy process
Design is also represented by the interplay of divergent and convergent thinking
Credit Wikipedia