From sketch to completion through a collaborative design process

Posted: February 14th, 2010 | Author: ajrigau | Filed under: Architecture, DesignCulture, DesignProfession, DesignThinking, DesignWork, Personal | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »


Sketch for a residential garage door.


Completed design, worked in conjunction with architect in training, Celina Bocanegra.

I spent most of the last two years at the NC State College of Design thinking, talking and ideating about the design process. As a student, most of my efforts, be it the look into Elemental’s intervention at Iquique, or the speculation over the future of our digital identities, among others, were all framed to dissect design process. On a class-level, the explorations surrounding the issues of collaboration or a social problem such as water consumption also pursued similar ends. Today, as a working designer, I find myself re-learning my ways of working, and how these relate to my design process, and that of others.
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