🎯 While that coveted creative spark gets plenty of credit for next-level work, the design process plays a big part in getting it done… and executed right. These Indigo Design Award Gold winners have hot tips on streamlining your process and producing epic work!

💡 2023’s Integrated Graphic Design Catherine Lemieux understands the secret sauce of design success comes from keeping everyone in sync. “A great design can make an impact, but if it isn’t integrated within the team, it won’t progress,” she says.

💡 For Younho Park Computer Animation for Graphic Design, pre-production is where it’s at. “I make a mind map through brainstorming or start with free writing,” he says. Sarah Gamez's Packaging Design for Graphic Design, uses all resources at her fingertips to maximize her time and create where it counts. “One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever heard is that you don’t have to create and design every single item for a project,” she says.

💡 Enrico Putra Widjaja's Book Design for Graphic Design starts with preliminary brainstorming and research before delving into prototypes and a more concrete concept, and Cindy Kurniawan’s Main Title Design for Graphic Design doesn’t rely on that ‘aha moment “I start with meticulous data collection,” she says.

💫 Before you can let that creative freak flag fly, you gotta have a sound, solid system to keep everyone on track. What glorious creations have your design process produced?