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 ===== Archetypal Phases of the Design Process =====
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 Design processes can be structured very differently depending on the discipline, project, and task. Within the study program, we use the four archetypal phases //<color #efe4B0/#00a2e8>Discover!</color>//, //<color #b5e61d/#22b14c>Ideate!</color>//, //<color #ff7f27/#ffc90e>Make!</color>// and //<color #ffc90e/#ed1c24>Expose!</color>// as a shared framework to structure different activities within a design process and to make the individual working process more transparent. These phases are explicitly not intended as a rigid or linear sequence, but as an iterative process in which individual steps overlap and may be repeated several times. Insights gained from experiments, prototypes, tests, feedback, or reflection can at any point lead to questioning earlier assumptions, conducting additional research, developing new ideas, or modifying existing concepts. The design process should therefore be understood less as a fixed sequence of individual steps and more as a repeated movement between **understanding, developing, testing, and reflecting**. In simplified form, this process can be described as **Discover! → Ideate! → Make! → Expose!**, while continuous loops of **Make → Test → Reflect → Iterate ↺** occur especially during development and can lead back to earlier phases whenever necessary.