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THE DESIGN PROCESS

In 2005, the British Design Council, the most important body involved in design distribution in the United Kingdom, produced a very simple illustration based on research performed on a number of leading companies. We are referring to the double diamonds which define the basis of the shared design process that underpins the various current DT models.

Source: British Design Council Double Diamond.

Divided into four separate steps – discovery, definition, development and delivery – this identifies the various divergent and convergent steps in the design process and shows the different thought patterns that designers use ...