A Review of Research Methods for Studying the Role of Digital Tools for Idea Management in Creative Work

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T1 - A Review of Research Methods for Studying the Role of Digital Tools for Idea Management in Creative Work

AU - Taranu, Mihaela

AU - Biskjaer, Michael Mose

AU - Nouwens, Minke

AU - Vejlin, Frederik

AU - Frich, Jonas

AU - Dalsgaard, Peter

PY - 2024/7

Y1 - 2024/7

N2 - This paper presents a state-of-the-art review of research methodologies employed over the past decade to investigate how designers engage digital tools in the management of their daily creative ideas. Drawing on fundamental concepts from Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and digital creativity (Inie & Dalsgaard, 2017, 2020; Pedersen et al., 2018), we explore the existing landscape of research on the utilization of digital tools in the realm of idea management within creative work of designers. The predominant focus in the literature has been on methodologies such as interviews, surveys and ethnographic approaches (Inie & Dalsgaard, 2020; Del Turco & Dalsgaard 2023), with a comparatively smaller number of studies adopting experimental methods (Fritch et al, 2021). Emphasizing the necessity for a robust methodological framework, we advocate for the longitudinal examination of how digital tools could either facilitate or hinder the emergence and development of creative ideas.

AB - This paper presents a state-of-the-art review of research methodologies employed over the past decade to investigate how designers engage digital tools in the management of their daily creative ideas. Drawing on fundamental concepts from Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and digital creativity (Inie & Dalsgaard, 2017, 2020; Pedersen et al., 2018), we explore the existing landscape of research on the utilization of digital tools in the realm of idea management within creative work of designers. The predominant focus in the literature has been on methodologies such as interviews, surveys and ethnographic approaches (Inie & Dalsgaard, 2020; Del Turco & Dalsgaard 2023), with a comparatively smaller number of studies adopting experimental methods (Fritch et al, 2021). Emphasizing the necessity for a robust methodological framework, we advocate for the longitudinal examination of how digital tools could either facilitate or hinder the emergence and development of creative ideas.

M3 - Conference abstract for conference

T2 - 4th International Conference of Possibility Studies

Y2 - 8 July 2024 through 12 July 2024

ER -