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

Tufts University
University of California
Aarhus University

Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › 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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	NordiCHI '18 Proceedings of the 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	2018
Pages	397-406
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-6437-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3240167.3240215
Publication status	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	NordiChi 2018: The 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway Duration: 1 Oct 2018 → 3 Oct 2018 Conference number: 10th http://www.nordichi2018.org/

Conference

Conference	NordiChi 2018
Number	10th
Location	Oslo Metropolitan University
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Oslo
Period	01/10/2018 → 03/10/2018
Internet address	http://www.nordichi2018.org/

Keywords

Professional Designers
Idea Archives
Qualitative Study
Design Strategies
Technological Archiving Tools

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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. p. 397-406.

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