A diagram is a drawing that communicates a specific, often complex, idea or concept through abstraction. Commonly this is done though the loss of detail or photo-realistic aspects.

WHAT IS A DIAGRAM?

STORY DIAGRAM

USE DIAGRAM

TECHNICAL DIAGRAM

MECHANICAL DIAGRAM

How we understand it

How we interact with it

How it works

How it moves

TYPES OF DIAGRAMS

STORY DIAGRAM

In almost all cases, the precedents will do something over time. This could be due to their own behaviors or because of how other things interact with it. Think about how you would, in words, describe this process. In each of these rectangles draw one time step of the behavior.

The memory of picking blueberries in meadow in Iceland.

Time would pass, you might no longer be in contact with that person.

But if they are somewhere with that same scent, the memories will come back of that original wearer.

Capturing the memory in scent.

People you encounter everyday form connection between scent and wearer.

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USE DIAGRAM

Give your precedent a shot with the strategies discussed such as: Arrows, colors, labels.

TECHNICAL DIAGRAM

Notice how these examples deconstruct the object to show the individual elements. These elements are then connected with a dashed line. Take creative license to show what YOU as the author of the diagram see as a possibility of how it works.

MECHANICAL DIAGRAM

MECHANICAL DIAGRAM

MECHANICAL DIAGRAM