Narrative Qualities of Design Argumentation

“Thus, I Had to Go With What I Had”: A Multiple Methods Exploration of Novice Designers’ Articulation of Prototyping Decisions

“…However, education on prototyping in design has typically focused on creation and visualization of a solution over the ability to communicate that solution to others [14]. Gray found in his work that when design students were encouraged to think of a scenario involving a user, instead of thinking exclusively about the design process, that their solution was presented in a more convincing manner with increased depth and understanding [15]. Moreover, documentation of a design in terms of argumentation and rationale can provide significant context to support redesign and component reuse [16].…”

Design Argumentation on Multidisciplinary Teams: An Analysis of Engineering Design Team Communication Effectiveness

“…Researchers have examined how engineering design language is used to communicate design work and how this language evolves over time during undergraduate and practitioner settings [14][15][16][17][18] even finding that effective argumentation can result in improved designs [19]. There are multiple forms of communication that are used to advocate for a design, such as linguistic cues [25,26], engagement with props and prototypes [20][21][22][23][24], written reports [27][28][29][30], and gestures [31]. However, students are typically only taught communication through a few traditional methods.…”