TY - GEN
T1 - Differences in sketches and mental imagery in ideation stage of novice designers
AU - Tedjosaputro, Mia A.
AU - Shih, Yi Teng
AU - Niblock, Chantelle
AU - Pradel, Patrick
PY - 2017/1
Y1 - 2017/1
N2 - Previous empirical studies in sketches and mental imagery showed that there is no significant difference in overall quality and possibility to use mental imagery as design tool. This preliminary study explores distinctions between two kinds of sessions in terms of how ideas are generated. Four design sessions of two novice designers are used to unveil differences. Based on preliminary results, physical properties of sketches underlie differences, also the availability of visual cues apart from the drawings itself. During interpretation stage, sketches provides an additional dialogue which is not available in mental imagery session. The use of mental imagery as design tool in novice designers vary and may not as effective as in experts. Pauses and gesture in both sessions are found to be fundamental designing aspects, including in environment when sketches are allowed. When crucial differences are no longer assumed, interplaying roles between the two can then be explored further.
AB - Previous empirical studies in sketches and mental imagery showed that there is no significant difference in overall quality and possibility to use mental imagery as design tool. This preliminary study explores distinctions between two kinds of sessions in terms of how ideas are generated. Four design sessions of two novice designers are used to unveil differences. Based on preliminary results, physical properties of sketches underlie differences, also the availability of visual cues apart from the drawings itself. During interpretation stage, sketches provides an additional dialogue which is not available in mental imagery session. The use of mental imagery as design tool in novice designers vary and may not as effective as in experts. Pauses and gesture in both sessions are found to be fundamental designing aspects, including in environment when sketches are allowed. When crucial differences are no longer assumed, interplaying roles between the two can then be explored further.
KW - Linkography
KW - Mental imagery
KW - Protocol analysis
KW - Sketch
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85014476629&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-10-3518-0_5
DO - 10.1007/978-981-10-3518-0_5
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:85014476629
SN - 9789811035173
T3 - Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
SP - 49
EP - 60
BT - Research into Design for Communities, Volume 65 -Proceedings of ICoRD 2017
A2 - Chakrabarti, Amaresh
A2 - Chakrabarti, Debkumar
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 6th International Conference on Research into Design, ICoRD 2017
Y2 - 9 January 2017 through 11 January 2017
ER -