British Design Council
The British Design Council’s purpose is to make life better by design. They are an independent charity and the government’s advisor on design. Also, they promote the widely accepted double diamond visualisation of the User Centred Process. ☞ Link to the British Design Council
A Study of the design process
The background story of how the Design Council mapped out a standardised visualisation of a user centred process by studing a broad range of corporations and their design processes. ☞ Download article
Travis & Hodgson: Think Like A UX Researcher
This book is (also) structured around the Double Diamond design framework. It deep dives into the specific activities relevant to each of the two diamonds and four overall phases. We recommend you to buy this book.
What design thinking could be
This article reflects on how we use the visual conceptualisations of design processes. It does a good job at explaining how they should be adapted to capture the specific details of your design process - not the other way around. ☞ Download the article
A COMPARISON OF DESIGN PROCESS MODELS FROM ACADEMIC THEORY AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
This great article maps out how different design processes relates to the double diamond framework. ☞ Download article