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Creator vs fabricator: a different perspective on problem-solving
Understanding the role of designers in defining the focus of the solutions we are designing and leveraging our tools and skills
If you’re like me and you became a designer not because you wanted to make things look good but because you wanted to create things that worked while looking good, the definition of design shouldn’t be a stranger to you. However, the truth is that everyone perceives design in different ways, and as such, it is also our work to influence how other people, not only the end-users of what we have to design, interpret our approach to design.
Understanding the role of design in a project or what kind of designer one has to be to deliver the best work for a particular challenge is one of the most complex topics that take time to master.
Over the past few months, the idea of “perspective” in the role of design and how it aligns with problem-solving has been a topic that I wanted to expand on, both by sharing my vision as well as researching it.
The topic of designers having a seat at the table and how they can influence something more than just the look and feel of the product is a recurrent theme in the designer space and many have tried to offer…
