Design meetings

Discussion articles

• How to run a design critique
  Unlike a brainstorming meeting, where the exclusive goal is to come up with new ideas, a critique meeting is focused on evaluating a set of existing ideas, and possibly identifying future directions or changes. Instead of hoping that hallway and email discussions will lead the team in a good direction, it’s generally worth investing time to set up critique meetings to drive the design forward.

• Making design meetings work
  When meeting invitations arrive, do you and your co-workers immediately groan in protest at the impingement on your productive time? Worse, do people start moaning when invited to your meetings? Many people have forgotten that most significant work happens with other people in meetings. This is particularly true for design work.