Influence of sketch types on distributed design team work

Abstract

(2015). Influence of sketch types on distributed design team work. CoDesign, 11(2), pp. 99-118. doi: 10.1080/15710882.2015.1054841 This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent Influence of Sketch Types on Distributed Design Team WorkProduct development is a collaborative activity more often than ever carried out by distributed design teams. It is critical to determine how sketches are used in such environments in order to improve the design process. Sketches produced by students participating in a collaborative design project of three European Universities are classified according to the intention of the designer when producing a sketch, the level of detail shown in the sketch and the phase when the sketch was produced. The adapted classification system used in this paper helps to analyse type of sketches with most variety of ideas. Furthermore, this paper reviews which type of sketches offer the most potential to be further developed.Results show that persuasive sketches offer the broadest range of ideas since they are produced as a combination of ideas from brainstorming sessions. Shared sketches help to achieve consensus in decision making since the sketches are most likely to be produced by the entire group rather than individually.

Mobile gaze tracking and an extended linkography for collaborative sketching and designing

“…Another approach has been to classify sketches. While detailed typologies illustrate the purposes of design sketches (see the review in Schembri et al, 2015), they fall short of recognising whether a single sketch serves multiple functions (van der Lugt, 2005) and of explaining the unfolding activities along the timeline.…”

“…Focusing on the complete design process, Schembri et al (2015) suggested that sketches produced to share and explain an idea are crucial in promoting collaboration and decision-making. Two more detailed approaches recognised sketching-related patterns, yet of a very different character.…”

From Sketch to Screen, from Scratch to Competence

“…Also, sketches have been used by designers working with designers from other disciplines (Schembri et al . ). Sketching and drawing can communicate meaning quickly and easily; because of these characteristics, these methods can be a vehicle that exercises the imagination and builds interaction between different people (Buston ).…”

“…In the drawing process, the drawn mark acquires meaning (Adams 2001), and several researchers have investigated how drawing and sketching can be used as a good communication tool for children who particularly struggle to express their thoughts and feelings to other people because of their young age or due to severe illness (Hajdar 2015;Malchiodi 1998;Rollins 2005;Rubin 1984). Also, sketches have been used by designers working with designers from other disciplines (Schembri et al 2015). Sketching and drawing can communicate meaning quickly and easily; because of these characteristics, these methods can be a vehicle that exercises the imagination and builds interaction between different people (Buston 2007).…”

MobiSweep

“…Early-phase ideation is fundamental to product and industrial design processes. Ideation involves divergent thinking for quick externalization of ideas to help the designer understand the design problem [18,23]. This exploratory nature of ideation demands an uninhibited flow between what a designer is thinking and what the designer is doing to communicate the thought.…”