Defining The Design Process: Methodology and Creation
Defining The Design Process: Methodology and Creation
Defining The Design Process: Methodology and Creation
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32350/jdt.21.02
Received: April 23, 2023, Revised: May 15, 2023, Accepted: May 22, 2023, Published:
History: June 20, 2023
Citation: F. J. Hassan, “Defining the design process: Methodology and creation,” J. Des.
Text., vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 20–35, June 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.32350/jdt.21.02
A publication of
School of Design and Textiles
University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Defining the Design Process: Methodology and Creation
Furat Jamal Hassan*
University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Iraq
ABSTRACT The current study is unique in its emphasis on investigating
design operation and concept from multiple scientific perspectives:
including invention, technique, and design components. This research
tends to study the methodology and creation of design process in a holistic
manner so that the readers may grasp their characteristics and properties
down to its minute epistemological detail. The investigation of the design
concept is where the real groundwork and pressing need for the study
begin. Creation and methodology are two primary concepts in relation to
design these relationships can be formed in any design because of the
various forces that act upon it. The primordial objective of this study is to
evaluate the relationship between methodology and creative sides of
design on epistemological grounds.
INDEX TERMS Creation, design process,methodology, scientific
evaluation, thoretical framework.
I. INTRODUCTION
Distinct design approaches have distinct stories to narrate regarding their
intellectual vision. The creative potential inherent in the act of designing is
lost once the groundwork is laid for systematic and organized labor. The
design work, in a broader sense, is a methodical strategy for integrating
traditional and innovative production techniques.
Thus, this study's primary objective is to pinpoint the overarching, primary
design concept by tying together its creative and methodological aspects.
So, the study begins with the declaration and submission of the research
problem, which is “the total knowledge view for the relationship between
the methodology and creative sides of the design operation". The current
study has been segregated into four sections:
• The first section focuses on the design's over-lapping goals; and the
discussion in relevance to the blueprints.
• In the next section, we will discuss the creative process in design; and
will identify its fundamental elements.
• In the third section, we will discuss the factors that influence design;
and the entire thought process regarding them. The study is a bird’s
eye view towards developing an overarching framework for how to
approach design and the steps involving it.
• In the closing section, we will do a comprehensive analysis of the
overarching structure of nascent theories and how their relationship
with design. Moreover, the study will also integrate the preceding
discussion of the significance of thinking and creativity-theories.
II. VISION OF THE GENERAL THEORY
A. EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DESIGN (GENERAL FRAMEWORK)
Initial interpretations of designer thought (Lawson) suggested that
designers’ approach problems in two ways: either through an act of design,
that involves various generic applications in everyday life; or others more
specialized in the domain of knowledge (such as industrial design and
engineering design etc.) where there is an eminent difference between
designs and these fields [1]. According to J. Watson, this has shifted the
focus on process rather than the product design, even if the study was
geared toward finding a solution. He also addressed the issue throughout
the design phase. In lieu of this, a requirement list has been generated that
the designer must comprehend and verify by comparing them to implicit
knowledge criteria in order to form or create the design Afterwards, the
designer may relate the concept to the client [2].
Design, in a broader sense, is the process of simultaneously illustrating the
issue and its resolution. Without few probable solutions, the issue cannot
be grasped fully. In addition, one ought to adopt a proper thinking-
approach as a designer in order to comprehend the core essence of the
issue. This is, in fact, the major step in resolving it. Some academics see
the issue as one of design effectiveness even when they are working to
define the design problem. In contrast, they asserts that their prime focus
is on the working of the designs instead of designers’ or the process of
design itself [3]. Only then it will enable the designers to comprehend the
strategy used in the thought process of creating the designs. The following
FIGURE 3. Stages of the design work for the kinds of thinking [19].
V. THE FRAMEWORK OF KNOWLEDGE PERTAINING TO
DESIGN
This discussion pertains to the frameworks utilized by a cognitive adopter
in alignment with the principles previously expounded upon. The three
main phases of the design process: namely, analysis, synthesis, and
evaluation acknowledge the significance of the cognitive perspective of
the design process in determining the boundaries and limitations that
constitute the fundamental aspects of the design problem.
The notion of ownership and coverage, even in the context of private
entities, presents a spectrum of opportunities for innovation that can be
explored within the boundaries of these limitations.
and systematic sides, but what are the key elements that inspired them to
come up with the idea [22], [23]?
Between analysis and synthesis, pattern depends on function for the
interpretation of shape before stabilizing. The examination of the pattern
depends on the creative imagination. Whereby, the design parameters
determine the pattern. This pattern, in turn, is backed up by the formal
constraints.
VI. THEORIES OF DESIGN
Prior to proceeding, it is imperative to establish a mutual comprehension
of the parameters that define the concept of design and those that do not.
The concept of design is ambiguous due to the existence of multiple
theories pertaining to it, originating from diverse design-related disciplines,
all of which warrant inclusion in the discourse. Prior to contemplating the
adaptation of design theory, individuals must possess a comprehensive
understanding of the definition of design and ensure that the associated
terminology is unambiguous [24].
According to Lawson, there exists a distinction between engineers' and
designers' designs, with the former being associated with technical aspects
and the latter with imaginative aspects. This differentiation is evident in
the execution of designs. Both of these characterizations are somewhat
exaggerated as effective engineering necessitates a significant amount of
ingenuity and yields unforeseeable outcomes, while proficient fashion
design is improbable without a substantial amount of technical proficiency.
Consequently, numerous design modalities encompass both precise and
ambiguous notions, demand both methodical and disordered thinking, and
mandate both innovative idealization and technical calculation [25].
Furthermore, design is a collaborative process that involves a group of
individuals working within the confines of scientific rationalism, drawing
upon the freedom of artistic creativity, and being motivated by the
traditions of craftsmanship to produce novel creations. The act of
designing involves the systematic development of a product or system that
can be recorded and formalized. This volume presents design as dialectic.
This study pertains to the deterministic and procedural constrained field of
planning, while its underlying philosophy draws from post-structuralism
and critically creative principles of art [26].