Ruminating Design Process

Hmm just curiously contemplating the design process. There's the idea of Think > Draw > Make > Think > Dra... etc and it seems that while I'm doing this, there's not enough of it, especially in the Think part.

In accordance, what was said was that there are lots of little steps which need to be taken, more to the point, a lot more inspiration to drive the process forward. There has to be a core reason behind every design, and the further down the track you are for a design, the less you get your design ripped to shreds.

Ahh that's the other thing, don't clutch at a straw like a drowning man, or run with a bone thrown in your direction. Don't take people's advice literally, it's only there for 'contact points'. In fact, you could eventually not even use it, but the whole point is to open up unseen avenues, or so they say.

Mmm, if there isn't a clear cut path to an answer, is there an optimal way to reaching a correct direction?

/rumination