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Abstract
While combining materials as sources of inspiration is a familiar strategy in design ideation, the intricacy of how materials affect the emergence of concepts has not been fully examined. This paper offers a detailed analysis of a sequence of a design ideation workshop using conceptual blending as an explanatory model to pry open the complexity of this activity, showing how research on design materials improves insight into how a design concept emerges. We show this empirically in a second-by- second analysis of a card-based design ideation episode using a multi-touch surface table. We offer process-analytical evidence for the case that manipulation of design materials helps stabilize an emerging concept, as conceptual blending research has shown by analyzing artifacts, and extend this work by showing the dynamic interplay between the emerging conceptual blend and participants’ collaborative interaction with the materials. Our study advances understanding of interaction with materials in design ideation and aims to facilitate future research on how materials support conceptual blending as a useful model of how design concepts emerge.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2018 Design Research Society Conference (DRS 2018) |
Editors | Cristiano Storni, Keelin Leahy, Muireann McMahon, Erik Bohemia, Peter Lloyd |
Number of pages | 15 |
Place of publication | UK |
Publisher | Design Research Society |
Publication date | 25 Jun 2018 |
Pages | 1281-1297 |
Chapter | Section 11 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-912294-28-2 |
Publication status | Published - 25 Jun 2018 |
Event | The Design Research Society Conference 2018 - University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Duration: 25 Jun 2018 → 28 Jun 2018 http://www.drs2018limerick.org |
Conference
Conference | The Design Research Society Conference 2018 |
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Location | University of Limerick |
Country/Territory | Ireland |
City | Limerick |
Period | 25/06/2018 → 28/06/2018 |
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Keywords
- Design materials
- conceptual blending
- sources of inspiration
- ideation
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CoCreate: Digital Tools in Collaborative Creativity
Dalsgaard, P. (Participant) & Frich, J. (Participant)
01/02/2017 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research
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CIBIS: Creativity In Blended Interaction Spaces
Halskov, K. (Award holder), Dalsgaard, P. (Project manager), Bødker, S. (Project manager), Biskjaer, M. M. (Participant), Klokmose, C. N. (Participant), Hansen, N. B. (Participant) & Baader, S. (Participant)
01/07/2014 → 30/06/2018
Project: Research