IA Day 8 — Generate Full Range of Redesign Ideas
Turn your early seeds into a broad evidence-driven solution space before selecting the three strongest feasible directions.
Do your ideas represent genuinely different ways to solve the problem?
The goal is to leave class with visible evidence—not just ideas in your head.
Generate broadly first; present the best three later.
Explore more than the final three.
Avoid treating the first three ideas as automatically “best.”
Use models / drawings / CAD / images.
Choose representations that help test whether the idea can work.
Research + feedback may change ideas.
Highlight new evidence that enables iterative development.
Label the main design strategy behind each idea.
| Idea | Architecture | Interaction | Arrangement | Distinct enough? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Modular | Slide | Front access | Yes |
| B | One-piece | Flex | Vertical | Yes |
| C | One-piece | Slide | Front access | Maybe too similar to A |
Use the cheapest medium that answers the uncertainty.
Form + feature ideas
Scale + interaction
Geometry + fit
Preference + usability
Expand → annotate → test lightly → shortlist.
Expand
Push your range to at least 8–10 concepts.
Develop 5
Add stronger annotations and key dimensions/features.
Quick evidence
Model / compare / collect fast user reactions.
Shortlist
Identify the three strongest directions and what still needs testing.
Every developed idea should communicate all key features.
Show evidence for three claims.
“My ideas are diverse.”
Point to different architectures / interactions / arrangements.
“My ideas are feasible.”
Show model/CAD/research evidence or explain the next test.
“My ideas respond to B.”
Trace key features back to specifications and problem statement.
Before you leave…
Technical Drawing Communication
Keep the evidence chain moving: user → research → decision → test.
IA Criterion C feasible annotated redesign ideas · testing against design specifications · user feedback · B2.1.10–11.