Design problems and their solutions

Being process-oriented, not product-driven, is the most difficult skill for a designer to develop.
Being process-oriented means:

  • Seeking to understand a design problem before chasing after solutions
  • not force-fitting solutions to old problems onto new problems

Via Functioning Form.

Every time I start designing a new website and it’s not working out the way I want – my first thoughts are always “quit it, start over, this ain’t right”. At that very own moment it would feel right to trash your design or not to finish it, why put more effort in it?

But, even it is not working out, you should try to finish the design with the same thoughts & energy you started it. Don’t trash it, just look at it as your first idea that didn’t work out. Ask yourself the question “why isn’t it working out” – which elements are making this design crappy?

When you’ve anserwed these questions, you can start working on a solution. (startover, realign,…)

1 Reactie op “Design problems and their solutions”

    • daniel
    • 7 November 2008 omstreeks 14:35

    • That’s an interesting angle on this subject. My style is to plot the usability first before designing in the first place. Afterwards I start designing layout after layout. Usually, a mix of elements used in the multiple layouts I made, lead to the desired design.

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