Conference paper · Book chapter
Developing a Coding Scheme to Analyse Creativity in Highly-constrained Design Activities
This work is part of a larger project which aims to investigate the nature of creativity and the effectiveness of creativity tools in highly-constrained design tasks. This paper presents the research where a coding scheme was developed and tested with a designer-researcher who conducted two rounds of design and analysis on a highly constrained design task.
This paper shows how design changes can be coded using a scheme based on creative ‘modes of change’. The coding scheme can show the way a designer moves around the design space, and particularly the strategies that are used by a creative designer to skip from one ‘train of solutions’ to new avenues.
The coding scheme can be made more robust by: ensuring design change is always coded relative to a reference design; tightening up definitions of ‘system’, ‘element’ and ‘function’; and using a matrix to develop a more complete set of codes. A much larger study with more designers working on different types of highly-constrained design task is needed, in order to draw conclusions on the modes of change and their relationship to creativity.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Springer |
Year: | 2010 |
Pages: | 157-164 |
Proceedings: | The First International Conference on Design Creativity |
ISBN: | 0857292234 , 0857292242 , 1282972510 , 1447160959 , 9780857292230 , 9780857292247 , 9781282972513 and 9781447160953 |
Types: | Conference paper and Book chapter |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-0-85729-224-7_21 |
ORCIDs: | Howard, Thomas J. |