THE DESIGN DREAMING FRAMEWORK

Dream bigger. Build what comes next.

Dream bigger. Build what comes next.

Dream bigger. Build what comes next.

A possibility-centered framework for turning imagination into something you can test.

A possibility-centered framework for turning imagination into something you can test.

Sometimes solving the problem isn’t enough.

Sometimes solving the problem isn’t enough.

Sometimes solving the problem isn’t enough.

Too often, we jump from a challenge to a solution before giving possibility enough room to breathe.

Design Dreaming grew from 15 years with thousands of early-stage innovators—watching effective builders imagine, test, learn, and keep going.

We deserve a framework to dream and do differently.

We deserve a framework to dream and do differently.

We deserve a framework to dream and do differently.

Design Dreaming Framework

Design Dreaming Framework

Design Dreaming Framework

The Design Dreaming Master Framework Diagram showing Experience, Guide, Expand, Collide, Hunch, and Decide as a repeating cycle.

Expand. Narrow. Test. Learn. Dream again.

Expand. Narrow. Test. Learn. Dream again.

EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE

Start with what’s real.

GUIDE

GUIDE

GUIDE

Name what will guide you.

EXPAND

EXPAND

Imagine beyond today’s constraints.

COLLIDE

COLLIDE

COLLIDE

Let the dream meet reality.

HUNCH

HUNCH

Turn possibility into a testable belief.

DECIDE ↻

DECIDE ↻

DECIDE ↻

Commit to the next small experiment.

REALITY → POSSIBILITY → REALITY

REALITY → POSSIBILITY → REALITY

REALITY → POSSIBILITY → REALITY

GROUND → EXPAND → COLLIDE → TEST → LEARN + REPEAT

GROUND → EXPAND → COLLIDE → TEST → LEARN + REPEAT

GROUND → EXPAND → COLLIDE → TEST → LEARN + REPEAT

Dreaming opens the field. Designing turns possibility into evidence.

Dreaming opens the field. Designing turns possibility into evidence.

A different place to begin.

A different place to begin.

A different place to begin.

DESIGN DREAMING

DESIGN DREAMING

Possibility → Imagination → Testable Bet

Starts with possibility. Expands what could exist. Useful when the canvas is open.

DESIGN THINKING

DESIGN THINKING

Problem → Insight → Solution

Starts with a problem. Improves what exists. Useful when the challenge is defined.

Complementary, not competing.

Complementary, not competing.

THE RESEARCH

Built from practice. Grounded in research.

Built from practice. Grounded in research.

Developed from patterns across thousands of innovators and supported by research conducted in collaboration with the University of Delaware.

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