Design Is (Not) Just Making It Up

Three mindsets to embrace the uncertainty of the design process

Dan Brown
Modus
Published in
6 min readMay 22, 2019

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TThat’s how some people describe the design process. I get it: Running a design project involves answering the question “Now what?” over and over again. Our process isn’t so much a series of well-defined steps as it is knowing how to make an informed decision at each juncture.

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Dan Brown
Modus
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Designer • Co-founder of @eightshapes • Author of 3 books on UX • http://bit.ly/danbooks • Board gamer • Family cook