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Influences of Design Tools on Concepts Generation

Vasantha, G.V. Annamalai; Chakrabarti, A.; Corney, J.

Authors

A. Chakrabarti

J. Corney



Abstract

Concept generation plays a vital role in establishing a broader foundation in the design process to create novel products. In globalized, collaborative, designing scenario, unambiguous representation of captured ideas to explicate designer‘s thoughts is important in sharing and reuse of concepts. Various design studies noted the impact of design tools on concept generation. However, the results did not detail the influences of variety of tools in
representation and reinterpretation of concepts through captured design documents. This paper aims to understand the influences of conceptual design tools: Mobile e-Notes Taker™, Wacom™ Tablet, and Computer with Rhinoceros™ CAD on concept representation and reinterpretation, during original and redesign phases. Analyses of six individual designers‘ using video protocol studies conducted in original and redesign phases reveal that the design tools had significant impact on concept generation, in terms of the number of concepts generated and the textual and graphical representation of the design elements.

Citation

Vasantha, G. A., Chakrabarti, A., & Corney, J. (2012, September). Influences of Design Tools on Concepts Generation. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC2012)

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (published)
Conference Name 2nd International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC2012)
Start Date Sep 18, 2012
End Date Sep 20, 2012
Publication Date 2012
Deposit Date Apr 12, 2019
Publisher The Design Society
Pages 127-136
Book Title DS 73-1: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Design Creativity, Volume 1
ISBN 978-1-904670-39-1
Keywords concept generation, design tools, representation, reinterpretation
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1393616
Publisher URL https://www.designsociety.org/publication/32469/Influences+of+Design+Tools+on+Concepts+Generation