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Design

Keep the thinking behind the design.

Bring research, creative direction, and feedback together. Give every design decision a clearer brief and every handoff a shared understanding.

Co-Mo / DesignIllustrative workflow · Sample content
03 / Shape the deliverableDraft for review

A clear direction to design from.

Creative brief

Make the primary audience and the task they need to complete the starting point for the design.

Separate fixed brand and accessibility requirements from creative choices the team can explore.

Keep the question visible.

Which user task is the priority for the first iteration?

Sample sources: Project request · Audience research notes · Brand guidance
Your context. A considered next step.Illustrative examples · No live analysis or external actions

From a useful question to a thoughtful handoff.

Carry the user need, design intent, and unresolved decisions forward between meetings and deliverables.

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Creative briefs

Turn a loose request into a focused brief with audience, purpose, constraints, and review criteria.

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Research synthesis

Group observations while preserving the distinction between participant comments and design interpretations.

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Design handoffs

Turn review feedback into a decision log and implementation brief with unresolved behavior clearly marked.

A critique should move the work forward.

Cardinal is designed to separate discussion from agreed decisions. Co-Mo brings that reviewed context into the next brief, research synthesis, or handoff.

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Start with the conversation

Cardinal

Bring notes, decisions, and commitments into a reviewable record. Resolve uncertainty before work moves forward.

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Carry the context into work

Co-Mo

Set the objective, gather the relevant context, and keep the next deliverable connected to its review.

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Common Questions

Does this create finished design files?

The website supports projects and notes. These examples show how a workflow could be structured; they do not generate or edit design files.

How should subjective feedback be handled?

Separate an observation, a stakeholder preference, and an agreed decision. Keep rationale and reviewers visible so the next iteration has a clear direction.

Can I start with an existing brief?

Yes. Create a project and use its notes to capture the brief, source references, constraints, and questions for your team.

Give your next project
a clearer starting point.

Bring the brief. Keep the context. Decide what comes next.