Integrated design is an approach to design which brings together design specialisms usually considered separately. For example:
Three phenomena are associated with a lack of integrated design:
A committee is sometimes a deliberate attempt to address disparate design, but design by committee is associated with silent design.
The integrated design approach incorporates methods and tools to encourage and enable the specialists in the different areas to work together to produce an integrated design. One such method is a charrette with all specialists present, early in the design process.