Design Process

As a designer it is important to have your own individual design process and be able to understand how you work best. By being aware of this it allows you to progress through your work easier and better understand fully the process and journey you go through to come up with a completed piece of work. Below is a brief explanation of how I work my way through any new project and develop my ideas in a way that best suits my abilities.

1. Brief – Read through brief and make sure I fully understand what it is asking for.

2. Initial ideas – Note down any initial ideas I may have around the subject and any thoughts I may have. Example below.

3. Research – Start researching into images/ artists/ films/ techniques etc. That can help me develop on any ideas and inspire my project. Example below.

4. Develop ideas – Select one or two ideas that I think have potential and develop on them more, thinking about how I would go about shooting it/ concept behind it etc.

5. Research – Research further into a more specific area/ different practitioners/ techniques that relate to my ideas and that I can draw inspiration and develop on. Example below.

6. Final idea – Find one idea that I’m happy with and that most excites me and perfect it. Example below.

7. Plan – Plan how I intend to go about shooting this idea, the equipment I will need, location of the shoot, models, makeup etc. Example below.

8. Develop/ construct – Once shot my images develop and construct them into my final piece until I am happy with the work, if I feel the need to reshoot I will then repeat a few of the steps listed above.