How do you start a design project? How can you generate ideas and concepts in re sponse to a design brief? How do other designers do it? This book will answer al l these questions and more.Now in its second edition, the highly popular Desig n Thinking for Visual Communicationidentifies methods and thought processes used by designers in order to start the process that eventually leads to a finished piece of work. Step-by-step guidance for each part of the process is highlighted by real-life case studies, enabling the student to see teaching in practice. Th is focus on ideas and methods eschews an abstract, academic approach in favour o f a useable approach to design as a problem-solving activity.The new edition n ow includes contributions from a broader international range of design practices and adds depth to existing case studies by looking in greater detail at some of the processes used.