Definition from Design For Health
“A concept is an idea with a rationale that supports how the solution you are designing will overcome a problem or challenge. A Concept is more polished and complete than an idea. It’s more sophisticated, that designers want to test with the people they are designing for, and it’s starting to look like an answer to their ‘How Might We’ question.”
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