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Creative Space: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Part of: Design Creativity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2019

Katja Thoring ,
Pieter Desmet  and
Petra Badke-Schaub
Katja Thoring*
Affiliation:
TU Delft, The Netherlands; Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Pieter Desmet
Affiliation:
TU Delft, The Netherlands;
Petra Badke-Schaub
Affiliation:
TU Delft, The Netherlands;
*
Contact: Thoring, Katja, TU Delft, Industrial Design Engineering, The Netherlands, [email protected]

Abstract

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This paper provides an overview of the state-of-the-art research about creative work and learning environments. We conducted a systematic literature search within the Scopus database and identified a total of 70 relevant sources discussing creative spaces within academic, practice, or other innovation environments. Among the included sources are 48 academic publications and 22 sources from company research and illustrative coffee-table books that are discussed separately. We analyse the academic sources regarding their theoretical contribution, as well as regarding their scope. Finally, the included sources are categorized according to three areas of interest: (1) the addressed space types for different creative activities, (2) abstracted requirements for creative spaces, and (3) concrete characteristics and configurations of a creative space. The results provide an in-depth insight into the current state of research on the topic of creative spaces. Practitioners, educators, and researchers can use the presented overview to investigate the possible impact of creative workspace design and to identify research gaps for conducting further research in the field.

Keywords

Workspaces for designCreativityDesign managementCreative spaceLiterature Review
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Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 2019 , pp. 299 - 308
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