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Design Process Isn't Dead, It's Compressed
The recent argument to abandon the design process in favor of intuition and rapid building misrepresents how experienced designers actually work. What appears to be "skipping process" is actually process compression - experienced designers internalize and adapt traditional frameworks, moving fluidly through discovery, ideation, and evaluation stages. Solution-first approaches only work effectively in mature problem spaces with established patterns, not when inventing something entirely new.
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