Dimensional Design, is it just a metaphor?

Okay so in response to a comment by Jools I understand some people (if any of you read) won't understand the principle of this 'Dimensional Design' process. I personally see it as more than a metaphor and it helps me consider how to go from idea to final product, whereas it can also be used to simply describe and explain any method of design.

This is what I mean by advancing from One-Dimension to Three-Dimension in terms of a design process..

Here we have a brainstorm to come up with an idea of what to use as the basis for a product, in this case I'm using my animation project to make things easier for me to explain. So in the brainstorm there are lots of individual 'points' or 'ideas', I consider these the One-Dimensional part of the process. So below is circled one of these 1-D ideas, the 'Jelly' from the BBC Three advert.

Next we have a slightly more in depth study of this single idea, at this point we have a base knowledge of the idea that's being developed, not a complete study of the idea but at least a concept of the final product, like a flat picture or the 2-D part of my adaptation stages.

At this point the idea has taken on an actual form that may be used in the final product, apart from the fact that this is a 3-D image, I also consider it the 3-D part of the design process because it can be approached and changed from all angles, whether it be a complete remodel or just a touch up of a certain area. As this is using the final program to create the final product it makes the point that this is where the idea can be seen as more than just a flat design.

I hope this answers or makes more sense to any queries about my idea from before.

And hooray for Jellies, we like them, they go BOIOIOIOIOINGGGGGG. ¬_¬

-ZH-