Design Process 
 

When getting a project i would normally start off by putting down as many ideas as i can on either some paper or my sketchbook about the subject area no matter how stupid or unrealistic they seem, i would then break down my ideas in to a cupple of my strongest ideas.

The second step i would take is research, i would research into the subject either from the internet, books or do some primary research e.g if it was a games project i would go out and play games and write down notes as i play and also go and asked people who have played games what they think and there outlook on then ect.. after trying to get all the information i can about the subject i would then do some more idea development and research to make my ideas a lot stronger.

The next step i would undertake is to take my ideas as far as i can to expand on them just to see how far i can go, i would do this by doing a lot of experimental work, trying out different techniques, finding out what does and what doesn't work. i would then start to bring them back and start refining them narrowing my ideas to a cupple of really strong ones. after changing and tweaking my ideas i would go on to further research to make them as strong as possible.

I'm then in the stage of picking my strongest ideas to be my final piece, after picking the idea im wanting to be my final piece i would then develop that idea using the techniques i had tried. finally when i am happy with the outcome of my final piece i would present it.

The design process is good, it allows you to know what steps you must take in order to produce the best outcome for your work. The more you use the steps the more you do them automatically in your work and produce some really strong pieces.