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Creative Ideation
Develop a creative direction from concept and moodboard through execution and approval.
DECORUM / SYSTEM MAP 02
Creative Ideation
A connected path for developing, expressing, and reviewing an idea.
The connected stages
Concept
Frame the problem and establish a direction.
Moodboard
Give the direction a visual reference.
Execution
Develop the idea into work.
Approval
Bring the work to a decision.
The relationship
Concept → Moodboard → Execution → Approval
The central question
What keeps the original direction coherent as the idea takes shape?
A high-level map of the system’s scope. It does not document a specific implementation or claim a project outcome.
Structure shaped
by context.
Taste determines what matters. Reduction clarifies it. Systems make it possible. The particular structure depends on the people, constraints, and work involved.
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