design-first
adjectiveUK /dɪˈzaɪn fɜːst/
US /dɪˈzaɪn fɜːrst/
Planning how something will look and work before you start making it.
The team took a design-first approach, sketching the app before writing any code.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A way of working where the look and feel of a product is decided before its inner parts are built.
Their design-first method meant the website looked great before the database was ready.
3. Putting the needs and ideas of the person using something at the very start of a project.
A design-first company always asks users what they want before building anything.
4. A style of teaching or making where drawing and planning come before doing.
In the design-first workshop, the children drew their robots before gluing anything together.