Visual Thinking Process

Creator: Dan Roam
For his book, “Back of the Napkin”
This model aims to highlight the “loops” in the visual thinking process, which had hitherto been presented in a linear fashion. Roam says, “we don’t have to march through [each step] in a 1-2-3-4 line.” Look & See are visually grouped because they go hand-in-hand.
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Type of model
time-based: process
time-based: cyclical

Practice Area

Stage of the design process
theory

Audience
designers
academics

Subject matter
Visual thinking process
psychology
design process

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