Stone Soup

"Hangover"

Most of the time design is about teamwork. Working through compromises between everyone's ideas. Through the design process as a team, arguments are bound to appear, but the important thing is to know how to work around these arguments and come to a compromise between one and other.

Stone soup was a great example of designing with a team. Each group were limited to time and resources. Coming up with a design out of pine cones, branches, soda cans, etc. can be very difficult. Each member had to brainstorm ideas of what the procedures might be and at the end decide what to go forward with and what to leave behind. Sometimes less is more. Knowing when to stop is a great key to a successful design.

Communication plays a great role in teamwork. Good communication skills are bound to end in a great result. Even though each designer have their perspective on things, it is always good to listen to others' opinions because those opinions might influence them one day.