Double diamond

The Double Diamond is a design process, proposed by the British Design Council (SOURCE), which consists of four stages, divided into two “diamonds”. It puts equal focus on the importance of understanding the problem, as it does find the right solution. The name, Double Diamond, comes from the idea of the different stages being first diverging (expanding the problem or solution space) and then diverging (reducing the problem or solution space). The first contains the problem space and the second the solution space. At the beginning of a project designers first enter the “Discover” stage, in which they diverge on the different facets of the problem at hand. This is followed by the “Define” stage in which a specific problem area is converged upon. At this point a design brief is created and the process moves to the solution space, by entering the “Develop” stage, in which designers converge on different potential solutions to the problem. Finally, the “Deliver” stage begins in which a solution which best solves the problem is converged upon, by refining and testing it…