A technologist's starting point or home base comes from prior knowledge and experiments. When beginning a new design, the end goal may be unclear like a distant light. The initial steps of a design are basic and follow a universal plan until innovation is needed to progress further.

1. Visual Essay
By Alan Dagesse

2. Home Base
In the world of
technology every
company or creator
has a starting point,
or home base if you
will. This is typically
prior knowledge
gained from
previous
experiments or
technological
advances.

3. The Blurry Vision
When starting out on a new design the future
progress may be blurry. This picture represents
the distant light, or better yet, the destination
that a technologist hopes to reach.

4. First Steps
The first few
steps of
designing and
creating are
basic. You stick
to a universal
plan until the
situation calls
for innovation.