The Problem Solver and The Artisan Designer: Strategies for Utilizing Design Idea Archives

Nanna Inie; Allison Endo; Steven Dow; Peter Dalsgaard

doi:10.1145/3240167.3240215

The Problem Solver and The Artisan Designer: Strategies for Utilizing Design Idea Archives

Nanna Inie, Allison Endo, Steven Dow, Peter Dalsgaard

Publikation: Konference artikel i Proceeding eller bog/rapport kapitel › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an extensive qualitative study investigating how professional designers utilize personal idea archives. While we know that designers archive creative ideas in different formats and on different platforms, we know little about if and how designers utilize these idea archives in their daily practice. Through a series of interviews (n=20) and walkthroughs of design idea archives, we identified two archetypal strategies. The Problem Solver is concerned with the task at hand, keeps relevant ideas around, and discards them when the ideas have served their purpose. On the other hand, The Artisan Designer systematically archives potentially useful ideas in carefully selected formats and continues developing ideas over extended time spans. We conclude with a discussion about how these different strategies might be supported by technological archiving tools.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	NordiCHI '18 Proceedings of the 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Forlag	Association for Computing Machinery
Publikationsdato	2018
Sider	397-406
ISBN (Trykt)	978-1-4503-6437-9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1145/3240167.3240215
Status	Udgivet - 2018
Udgivet eksternt	Ja
Begivenhed	NordiChi 2018: The 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norge Varighed: 1 okt. 2018 → 3 okt. 2018 Konferencens nummer: 10th http://www.nordichi2018.org/

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Konference	NordiChi 2018
Nummer	10th
Lokation	Oslo Metropolitan University
Land/Område	Norge
By	Oslo
Periode	01/10/2018 → 03/10/2018
Internetadresse	http://www.nordichi2018.org/

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The Problem Solver and The Artisan Designer: Strategies for Utilizing Design Idea Archives. / Inie, Nanna; Endo, Allison; Dow, Steven et al.
NordiCHI '18 Proceedings of the 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. s. 397-406.

Publikation: Konference artikel i Proceeding eller bog/rapport kapitel › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

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