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Constructing a Design Space from a Collection of Design Examples. / Halskov, Kim; Dove, Graham; Fischel, Aron.
In: She Ji, Vol. 7, No. 3, 09.2021, p. 462-484.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Constructing a Design Space from a Collection of Design Examples
AU - Halskov, Kim
AU - Dove, Graham
AU - Fischel, Aron
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Previous design cases and examples are important resources in design, most famously conceptualized by Donald Schön as the designer's repertoire. We propose a way of approaching and gathering such examples, and introduce a tool for constructing and analyzing the design spaces these collections form. Each example is deconstructed in terms of aspects of concern and options for how these aspects can be implemented. The example is then represented within a design space schema comprising aspect-option sets. This makes it possible to conceptualize a design space of aspect-option sets reflecting the focal collection, and to position individual examples within that design space. We demonstrate our approach through an analysis of 54 media architecture installations listed on the Media Architecture Biennale award nomination lists from 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018. We discuss how this approach compares to similar approaches, and detail the knowledge building process that it enables, which includes two main elements: 1) developing a language to describe the examples in terms of the aspect-option sets; and 2) exploring the design space through filtering the design space.
AB - Previous design cases and examples are important resources in design, most famously conceptualized by Donald Schön as the designer's repertoire. We propose a way of approaching and gathering such examples, and introduce a tool for constructing and analyzing the design spaces these collections form. Each example is deconstructed in terms of aspects of concern and options for how these aspects can be implemented. The example is then represented within a design space schema comprising aspect-option sets. This makes it possible to conceptualize a design space of aspect-option sets reflecting the focal collection, and to position individual examples within that design space. We demonstrate our approach through an analysis of 54 media architecture installations listed on the Media Architecture Biennale award nomination lists from 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018. We discuss how this approach compares to similar approaches, and detail the knowledge building process that it enables, which includes two main elements: 1) developing a language to describe the examples in terms of the aspect-option sets; and 2) exploring the design space through filtering the design space.
KW - Design collection
KW - Design creativity
KW - Design repertoire
KW - Design space
KW - Media architecture
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118576688&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.sheji.2021.07.001
DO - 10.1016/j.sheji.2021.07.001
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85118576688
VL - 7
SP - 462
EP - 484
JO - She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation
JF - She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation
SN - 2405-8726
IS - 3
ER -