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The Design Process
The Design Process
Design is an iterative process – moving between questioning, researching, creating, and problem solving multiple times.
We organize our engagement activities into five design phases.
First, we learn as much as we can about each other, about the place we are designing, and about the community’s history and values.
Then, we discuss the community’s goals and preferences. How will this project help them? What will make a project meaningful and successful?
We bring together what we have learned and envisioned into designs – trying out different ideas through the process.
The community needs to evaluate the pros and cons of proposed designs. What will work? What will not? What might be challenging but worth it?
Once a design is approved by the community, how will it get built? What resources does the community have? What do they need?
Engagement Formats
Engagement Formats
Click on the design phase above to find Engagement Activities - step by step descriptions of methods to engage people for that particular phase of design.
Additionally, we include Engagement Formats, recommendations on how to structure in-person meetings, focus groups, online discussions, and online surveys.
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