Evidence of cognitive chunking in freehand sketching during design ideation

Mao, Xiaoyang; Galil, Omar; Parrish, Quintcey; Sen, Chiradeep

doi:10.1016/j.destud.2019.11.009

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“…It is known that project drawings also have conventional aspects and subjective dimensions (Do, Gross, Neiman & Zimring, 2000). Our results allow us to explore cognitive operative mechanisms, involved in the traditional paper-based sketching (Mao, Galil & Parrish, 2019), and perceptual constraints.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…There is a wide literature which describes the process of drawing as a stage of designing (Cross, 2001;Dinar et al 2015;Van Der Lugt, 2005;Mao, Galil & Parrish, 2019) and ideation (Do, Gross, Neiman & Zimring, 2000;Goel, 1995;Schon & Wiggins, 1992;Suwa & Tversky, 1997). Our goal was to explore the presence of perceptual constraints in drawing design artefacts and to measure the users' responses, CURVATURE OF DESIGN OBJECT 8 including the shared and private variance in order to verify the subjective dimension of the expressive quality.…”

Section: Angularity Vs Curvature In Intersensory and Emotional Perceptionmentioning

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Perceiving Intersensory and Emotional Qualities of Everyday Objects: A Study on Smoothness or Sharpness Features with Line Drawings by Designers

2021

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A large number of studies have focused on the aesthetic value of smoothly curved objects. By contrast, angular shapes tend to be associated with tertiary qualities such as threat, hardness, loudness, nervousness, etc. The present study focuses on the effect of curvilinearity vs angularity on the aesthetic experience of design artefacts. We used the drawings of everyday objects with novel shapes created by 56 designers (IUAV image dataset). Each drawing had two versions: a smooth and an angular version. To test new tertiary associations, beyond aesthetic value, we obtained ratings for seven characteristics (‘soft/hard, sad/cheerful, male/female, bad/good, aggressive/peaceful, agitated/serene, useless/useful’) from 174 naïve observers. Importantly, each naïve rater saw only one of the two versions of an object. The results confirmed a significant relation between smoothness and hardness as well as other (tertiary) associations. The link between smoothness and usefulness confirms that perceptual utility is significantly influenced by the shape of the object. This finding suggests that tertiary qualities convey both static and functional information about design objects. The role of perceptual constraints in drawing design artefacts is also discussed.

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Section: Angularity Vs Curvature In Intersensory and Emotional Perceptionmentioning

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Perceiving Intersensory and Emotional Qualities of Everyday Objects: A Study on Smoothness or Sharpness Features with Line Drawings by Designers

2021

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“…The authors conclude that overuse and reliance on computer-based technologies are robbing the students of their artistic and imagination skills which are an asset for construction and architecture students. Similarly, Mao et al (2020) provides evidence of cognitive chunking in freehand sketching during design ideation and argues that novel ideas produce chunks that can help improve the engineering designs. By measuring the information stored in a sketch chunk, other parameters such as information generation rate and the impact of other external variables on this rate could be measured, giving an indirect metric for cognitive ability or design creativity of designers.…”

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Examining the impact of students’ attendance, sketching, visualization, and tutors experience on students’ performance: a case of building structures course in construction management

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Sepasgozar²,

Tahmasebinia³

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The aim of this paper is to examine students’ performance in a computation-based course by evaluating the effects of key factors including sketching, visualization resources provided to them during the lectures, their attendance and tutors’ experience. A systematic review was conducted including 192 articles published during January 2010 to December 2019. Further, a case study has been conducted in which 633 students from non-engineering backgrounds were taught a core course of construction over three-yearly sessions from 2017 to 2019. The performance has been assessed through two quizzes of 10% weight each, assignment of 40% weight and a final exam with 30% weight in 2017-18 and 40% weight in 2019 were utilized with an attendance criterion of below 75% as low attendance. The statistical result highlights that a clear difference of 14% overall marks exist between the students with less than 75% attendance and the ones with 75% and above in 2017 and a 10% gap in 2018. Students with high marks in sketching secured higher overall marks as compared to others highlighting that the sketching skill is useful to construction students. The findings contribute to the body of education knowledge by evaluating key influential factors and provide a useful benchmark to other educators in the field.

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“…Design cognition has been studied across a wide variety of domains, including engineering [2], architecture [21], computer science [5], instructional design [27], and graphic design [33]. Across these disciplines, many aspects of cognition in design have been investigated, including, among others, episodic memory [19], fixation [28], chunking [22], bias [13], abductive reasoning [7], analogical reasoning [34], metacognitive monitoring and control [3], and recall [9].…”

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How do Visualization Designers Think? Design Cognition as a Core Aspect of Visualization Psychology

Parsons

2020

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There are numerous opportunities for engaging in research at the intersection of psychology and visualization. While most opportunities taken up by the VIS community will likely focus on the psychology of users, there are also opportunities for studying the psychology of designers. In this position paper, I argue the importance of studying design cognition as a necessary component of a holistic program of research on visualization psychology. I provide a brief overview of research on design cognition in other disciplines, and discuss opportunities for VIS to build an analogous research program. Doing so can lead to a stronger integration of research and design practice, can provide a better understanding of how to educate and train future designers, and will likely surface both challenges and opportunities for future research.

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Evidence of cognitive chunking in freehand sketching during design ideation

Cited by 22 publications

References 23 publications

Perceiving Intersensory and Emotional Qualities of Everyday Objects: A Study on Smoothness or Sharpness Features with Line Drawings by Designers

Perceiving Intersensory and Emotional Qualities of Everyday Objects: A Study on Smoothness or Sharpness Features with Line Drawings by Designers

Examining the impact of students’ attendance, sketching, visualization, and tutors experience on students’ performance: a case of building structures course in construction management

How do Visualization Designers Think? Design Cognition as a Core Aspect of Visualization Psychology

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