Ideas Generation and Development; How do they look like? Part 1 of 2: IDEATION

I often hear questions and confusions about Ideas Generation and Development. How do I know if I am Ideas Generating and how do I know if I am Developing ideas. How do I do them?

Well as the titles imply, “Ideas Generation” taken literally means you produce lots of ideas. You ‘generate’ them. Many. Think of it as Sketching and Exploring many ideas.

Here you ask lots of questions that will prompt you to think and sketch many possibilities. Different ways to function. Some minor improvements and then next one. Next one. Next one. Next one. Creating lots of wonderful creative alternatives. 

Those that works those that not. Who cares. That’s Ideas Generation.

In this video, I chat about Ideas Generation:

In the next video I will talk about Development. Part 2 of 2 can be found here: https://designjournalsos.blogspot.com/2022/02/ideas-generation-and-development-how-do_25.html

“Development” does not sound anything like exploratory any more, does it? When you develop, you refine. Fine-tune. When you work on details, you won’t be in the playful discovery mode like you would in Ideas Generation. You pay more attention to details. And work towards finalisation and a final concept ready for presentation and prototyping.

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