Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A Model of The Creative Process

such a good reading for designers ( a must reading)
clipped from www.dubberly.com

A Model of The Creative Process

Concept Map: A Model of The Creative Process
Created in collaboration with Jack Chung, Shelley Evenson, and Paul Pangaro.

The creative process is not just iterative; it’s also recursive. It plays out “in the large” and “in the small”—in defining the broadest goals and concepts and refining the smallest details. It branches like a tree, and each choice has ramifications, which may not be known in advance. Recursion also suggests a procedure that “calls” or includes itself. Many engineers define the design process as a recursive function:
discover > define > design > develop > deploy

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