TY - GEN
T1 - Searching for inspiration
T2 - ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2014
AU - Miller, Scarlett R.
AU - Bailey, Brian P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 by ASME.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Designers frequently use examples during the design process as a way to provide a visual framework, allow for reinterpretation and allow for evaluation of design ideas. Although the use of examples is an important part of the design process, little is known about how designers retrieve these examples or the characteristics of the example set designers collect for a given project. Knowledge of this behavior is important, as research has shown that using examples too similar to the design problem or too familiar to the designer can cause design fixation and hinder creativity. Therefore, the current study was conducted to provide insights into these example retrieval processes by monitoring 18 professional designers during a 90-minute design task complemented by surveys and interviews for an in-depth understanding of user behavior. We relate our results to research on design fixation and provide implications for the development of example finding tools.
AB - Designers frequently use examples during the design process as a way to provide a visual framework, allow for reinterpretation and allow for evaluation of design ideas. Although the use of examples is an important part of the design process, little is known about how designers retrieve these examples or the characteristics of the example set designers collect for a given project. Knowledge of this behavior is important, as research has shown that using examples too similar to the design problem or too familiar to the designer can cause design fixation and hinder creativity. Therefore, the current study was conducted to provide insights into these example retrieval processes by monitoring 18 professional designers during a 90-minute design task complemented by surveys and interviews for an in-depth understanding of user behavior. We relate our results to research on design fixation and provide implications for the development of example finding tools.
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U2 - 10.1115/DETC201435450
DO - 10.1115/DETC201435450
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84961384986
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
BT - 2nd Biennial International Conference on Dynamics for Design; 26th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Y2 - 17 August 2014 through 20 August 2014
ER -