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Quo vadis, design space explorer?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2006

GABRIELA GOLDSCHMIDT
GABRIELA GOLDSCHMIDT
Affiliation:
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Abstract

The paper presents aspects of designer action that stress cognitive strategies for effective design problem solving, under the headings of exploration and representation. It proposes that links among design moves and shifts between design arguments are of prime importance in exploration and the design space should accommodate and expose them. The primacy of self-generated representations in the form of free-hand sketches and the role of arbitrary visual stimuli as supporting design reasoning is introduced. The expositions lead to the conclusion that the design space should be conceived as a multilevel and multifacet construct that supports on the spot experimentation and provides essential feedback not only regarding designs, but also concerning the process of designing.

Keywords

Design SpaceExplorationLinks Among Design MovesRepresentationShifts in Argument Modality
Type
RESPONSE TO KEYNOTE
Information
AI EDAM , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , May 2006 , pp. 105 - 111
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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