"A good designer doesn't have miscommunications," says Hsieh, "because design is simply the transmission of symbols." According to Hsieh, there are four keys to keeping the new ideas flowing--symbols (using things such as leaves or whales as models for your designs), functionality (transferring the Lego building block concept to a fence gives you a modular fence), materials, and patent searches.
「一位好設計師在溝通上不會有落差，因為設計就是一種傳達符號，」謝榮雅說，透過符號（如用樹葉或鯨魚造型來設計）、功能（圍籬加上「樂高積木」原理就成了圍籬模組）、材料、專利檢索等 4 面向思考，創意可以源源不斷。