Diagrams Provide Dynamic Interactivity (2007)
By diagrams, we mean diagrammatic representations people use externally to their mind. They include pictures, sketches, charts, graphs and scribbles on napkins. Past literature (e.g. Anderson, Meyer...
Sketches for Design and Design of Sketches (2003)
Barbara Tversky, Masaki Suwa, Maneesh Agrawala, Julie Heiser, Chris Stolte, Pat Hanrahan, ...
Sketches for and by Design It is said, though not without controversy, that what distinguishes design from art is function. Design is for a purpose, usually a human one. As such, design entails both...
External representations contribute to the dynamic construction of ideas (2002)
External representations such as diagrams, sketches, charts, graphs and scribbles on napkins play facilitatory roles in inference, problem-solving and understanding (e.g....
Unexpected discoveries and s-inventions of design requirements: A key to creative designs (1999)
Masaki Suwa, John Gero, Terry Purcell, Key Centre, Design Computing
Abstract. The creative outcome of a design process hinges on whether or not designers are able to find important aspects of a given problem and thereby invent design issues or requirements during the...
Unexpected discoveries and s-inventions of design requirements: A key to creative designs (1999)
Masaki Suwa, John Gero, Terry Purcell
Designers, during a conceptual design process, do not just synthesise solutions that satisfy initially given requirements, but also invent design issues or requirements that capture important aspects...
What architects and students see in architectural design sketches: A protocol analysis (1996)
Abstract The present research aims at examining what information architects think of and read off from their own freehand sketches, and at revealing how they perceptually interact with and benefit...