Concept exploration
Generate directions from a brief, then select and develop ideas with your judgement.
AI for Graphic design
Explore AI as a way to develop and organise ideas while keeping design decisions and brand quality in your hands.
Free · 30 minutes with Ted Deane
Meet Ted · 30+ years in software development.
Illustrative workflow
Familiar work, a useful starting point
Generate directions from a brief, then select and develop ideas with your judgement.
Organise requirements, feedback and next steps into a clear working brief.
Prepare a checklist of brand and project requirements for a designer to assess.
Worked example
Illustrative example using fictional information.
AI prepares
Editorial
One shared brief. One agreed next action.
Discuss your briefWhite field, large navy type aligned left, yellow rule beside the CTA.Source S1, S2
Process
Brief → review → handover
Discuss your briefNavy field with three white text stages and a yellow final marker.Source S1, S2
Typographic
Make the message easy to follow.
Discuss your briefYellow field, centred navy headline, small white-backed CTA label.Source S1, S2
You check · Designer or creative director
The designer checks the brief, readability, originality, rights and production requirements before developing a direction.
The support is your choice
A pathway around your work
Turn an agreed brief into distinct directions without losing the message.
Compare three directions and refine one yourself.
Resolve unanswered brief questions and make approval/file requirements clear.
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The image/video design demonstration introduces tools for concept exploration.
Before you start
The starting points here support briefing, exploration and production planning. You decide how image tools fit your practice and remain responsible for originality, permissions and final output.
Bring one task, the tools you use and who checks the work. A fictional or de-identified sample can help.
Your next step
Discuss what you want to improve and a useful starting point in a free 30-minute conversation with Ted.
Bring one task, the tools you use and who checks the work. A fictional or de-identified sample can help.