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A comparison of digital and conventional sketching: Implications for conceptual design ideation
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posted on 2016-04-04, 08:43 authored by James Self, Mark EvansMark Evans, Eunjin KimThe study compared the use of digital and conventional sketching as influence upon conceptual design work. Results show a significantly increased focus of attention upon the sketching tool in the digital condition compared to conventional sketching with pen and paper. Both a statistical analysis and fine-grained qualitative comparison illustrate how increased frequencies of sketching tool focused activities resulted in both significantly more time spent in problem orientated work and the fragmentation of attempts to transition from problem definition to generative solution ideation. In contrast, reduced tool-focused activity in the conventional sketching condition appeared to provide opportunities for significantly increased solution ideation through design-driven moves to explore reflect upon and develop solution propositions. The implications of a tool orientated focus of attention are discussed in terms of its impact upon reflective solution ideation during conceptual design.
Funding
This work was supported by the year of 2013/14 Research Fund of the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), project number 1.120072.01.
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- Design
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Journal of Design ResearchCitation
SELF, J., EVANS, M.A. and KIM, E., 2016. A comparison of digital and conventional sketching: Implications for conceptual design ideation. Journal of Design Research, 14(2), pp.171-202.Publisher
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2016-03-09Publication date
2016-06-17Notes
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Journal of Design Research and the definitive published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/JDR.2016.077028ISSN
1569-1551;1748-3050Publisher version
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