All right, so all of that self-analysis stuff from my last entry was actually triggered by my concepts for how to go about developing a theme for my process book. As a supplement to the portfolio, my school requires we create a process book to illustrate exactly how we work and, more specifically, to give potential employers a better idea of how we motivate ourselves, organize our thoughts, and generate thorough, meaningful solutions to design challenges. Obviously, I have mixed feelings about the whole thing, but I am hoping writing about it will help me get past that and get it done.

First of all, let me say I do not entirely agree with critiquing someone else’s process book. My initial argument to Elisa, my instructor, was that by giving input to someone who is attempting to demonstrate how they work automatically compromises the very essence of a process book. In any other situation, I recognize the validity of respecting the opinions of your peers, but in this case, adhering to another person’s idea in regards to something that reflects your own thought process simply sacrifices the intuitive aspects altogether. If a process book is characterized by mediocre concepts and substandard execution skills, then, for integrity’s sake, I would assume it is an accurate depiction of the designer. With this in mind, I do not necessarily think this should be a difficult assignment nor would there be an incorrect way to do it. I have to give props to Elisa, though, for pointing out that the only wrong way to do it would be not doing it. Okay, let’s move on…