Basic steps of the Design Process

1. Describe the general situation or problem you are trying to solve. Instead of asking what do you want to design? ask why do you want to design that? and what problem and or need will your design ultimately be solving?
   
   

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2. Identify your target audience, the group that will benefit from your project. Is the target population an individual, a group, a specific community, or a larger, identifiable population? Is the target population from a specific location (country, region, town), demographic (age or gender), or other identifying characteristics (health condition or employment)? Think about how is your target population connected?
   
   

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3. Research existing solutions to audio distorters. What aspects of their designs appeal to you, why?
   
   

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4. Observe how people approach devices with knobs and how they hold objects. Will your bended circuit rest on a table, be held in a hand or fixed to a surface?
   
   

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5. Identify the requirements and constraints. A requirement is a need or a necessity; it's what a particular product or service should do. A constraint is a restriction on the degree of freedom you have in providing a solution to a need or problem. Make lists.
   
   

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6. Determine if the compromises are necessary.
   
   

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7. Find images that speak to the style of your design
   
   

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8. Make sketches of 3 different approaches. See Examples
   
   

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9. Choose one to prototype
   
   

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