Andrew Warr

Can we do without GUIs? Gesture and speech interaction with a patient information system (2009)

Manasawee Kaenampornpan, Vassilis Kostakos, Andrew Warr, Dawn Woodgate, Bath Ba Ay

We have developed a gesture input system that provides a common interaction technique across mobile, wearable and ubiquitous computing devices of diverse form factors. In this paper, we combine our...

The Effect of Operational Mechanisms on Creativity in Design (2008)

Andrew Warr

Abstract. Creativity is frequently referred to as an important dynamic of design. However, over 50 years of empirical research has suggested that social influences have a detrimental effect on...

Tools for Creativity: Sketching with the EDC and PSPD (2008)

Andrew Warr

Many researchers have developed creativity support tools (CSTs). In this paper we present a summary of our observations of the creative process using one such tool – the Envisionment and Discovery...

Using Ambient Technology to Support the Social Creative Process (2008)

Andrew Warr, Eamonn O'Neill

Many researchers refer to activities such as design as creative processes, yet provide little definition of what they mean by creativity or how people go about being creative. Our research has led us...

The Effect of Group Composition on Divergent Thinking in an Interaction Design Activity (2008)

Andrew Warr, Eamonn O'Neill

Nearly 50 years of empirical research has suggested that social influences have an inhibiting effect on creativity in collaborating groups such as design teams. This suggests that design teams may...