try using some critical thinking to question
anything in front of you.










the design of the research
method and the design of the
design method are tasks of
a higher order than the design
of the communication-
Jorge Frascara User Centered Graphic Design
analysis + definition

Helpful tips:

Excerpt from: What is a designer by Norman Potter:


Ask yourself:
-Why this document or drawing or model?
-For whom and to whom from whom?
-In what time and place and occasion?

i.e.:
-For what purpose, with what intention, with what (precise) aim?
-or for which of several purposes seen to be related?

Then:
-When should it be done and when conveyed? (may be separate)
-How it should be done? (less a question than an answer)

Thus:
-Why - Who - What - Which - When - How

Embrace:
-Context, relevance, completeness, sequence, tone, consistency, usage, and other things you may wish to consider.

Thus giving:
-Relevant form to what you do.
-From the possibilities of mode, vehicle, medium, agent, intention.
-Each of which can usefully be distinguished: they are not the same nor better described as dualities. (medium:message)

The Apparent case for navigation by principle.

design is communication DUH...