Content before Design
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I always put it like this... Henry Ford would never have walked into his designer's office and said "Build me a car damnit!" and walk out.
The designers would have to ask "2 or 4 door? Coupe, Sedan or Convertible? v4? v6? v8? SUV? Maybe a van? There are about a million questions, details and direction they'd need before they could start building the car. Would they need to know if the shifter should be carbon fiber or wood grain, or if the cluster should be mounted center or offset? No, those are details that come later after being informed by the design, but you get my drift.
You can't just build SOMETHING and shoehorn content into it later. Yes it can be done, but I guarantee it's not going to be a great product. Content to an extent, dictates design. As the design progresses it dictates the refinement of content.
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