On the process of creativity in puzzles, inventions, and designs

Akın, Ömer; Akin, Cem

doi:10.1016/s0926-5805(97)00057-5

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“…in the sketch of a design problem that was structured with several restricting frames of reference. Akin and Akin (1998) later suggested that ''the cognitive processes observed in these design fields closely resemble processes that play a role in a number of the traditional art fields such as music, writing, painting and sculpture' ' (pp. 129-130).…”

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Understanding the Effects of Cognition in Creative Decision Making: A Creativity Model for Enhancing the Design Studio Process

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2007

Creativity Research Journal

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Understanding the Effects of Cognition in Creative Decision Making: A Creativity Model for Enhancing the Design Studio Process

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2007

Creativity Research Journal

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“…Process execution imposes fixed constraints about the representation of a process in a formally correct way in order to make the model machinereadable -which typically violates human readability concerns [16]. By contrast, process improvement describes a creative problem-solving task [27] in which the analysts are required to develop original and appropriate solutions for a novel organizational reality in the form of a "to-be" process model [28]. Creative problem-solving tasks are highly dependent on the type and format of information provided to the problem-solvers [29], which suggests that process improvement tasks are also dependent on a suitable process representation format.…”

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Exploring cognitive style and task-specific preferences for process representations

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Recker

2014

Requirements Eng

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Process models describe someone's understanding of processes. Processes can be described using unstructured, semi-formal or diagrammatic representation forms. These representations are used in a variety of task settings, ranging from understanding processes to executing or improving processes, with the implicit assumption that the chosen representation form will be appropriate for all task settings. We explore the validity of this assumption by examining empirically the preference for different process representation forms depending on the task setting and cognitive style of the user. Based on data collected from 120 business school students, we show that preferences for process representation formats vary dependent on application purpose and cognitive styles of the participants. However, users consistently prefer diagrams over other representation formats. Our research informs a broader research agenda on task-specific applications of process modeling. We offer several recommendations for further research in this area.

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“…Briefly speaking, solving puzzles requires a clear and deterministic goal, and also permits the possibility for creative and alternative searches (Akin and Akin, 1998). This allows users to explore the alternative solutions and be motivated in their learning process.…”

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Supporting Design Learning with Design Puzzles

Chang¹

2004

Recent Advances in Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning

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Abstract:The design process is a puzzle-solving process. Two groups of researches that share many similarities with Puzzle-solving design process are the process of game-playing and playful learning. The main argument is using the "playing" characteristics to amplify and explore the learning process, furthermore the design process. In addition, puzzles imply playful exploration that utilizes the characteristics of "playing a game" as "solving a puzzle". Puzzle making and puzzle solving provides an incremental exploration mechanism that is more intuitive for design learning. For understanding and realizing puzzles in design learning, this research is divided into two stages of researches-manual design puzzles and interactive design puzzles. By analysing the outcome from manual design puzzles, this research proposes a framework called (interactive) "design puzzles". The conceptual and implementation framework of this view of design is elaborated in this paper as well as a particular design puzzle called puzzle collage is described as the realization of design puzzles.

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On the process of creativity in puzzles, inventions, and designs

Cited by 57 publications

References 6 publications

Understanding the Effects of Cognition in Creative Decision Making: A Creativity Model for Enhancing the Design Studio Process

Understanding the Effects of Cognition in Creative Decision Making: A Creativity Model for Enhancing the Design Studio Process

Exploring cognitive style and task-specific preferences for process representations

Supporting Design Learning with Design Puzzles

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