Freed: a system for creating multiple views of a digital collection during the design process

Authors:
Philip Mendels;Joep Frens;Kees Overbeeke
Affiliations:
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands;Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands;Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Venue:
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2011

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Abstract

In this paper Freed is presented, a system that enables design students to spatially organize their digital collection, define relations between collection content and reflect on it. The system features a force-based layout that allows to explore spatial organizations, and hence to gain new insights. Its main advantage over existing software, is that it empowers the students to create different views of their digital collection. A view is a spatial organization of a selection of the collection content and its relations. It can e.g. be used for a specific design activity or project phase, for organizing work around a specific topic, or for explaining the perspective of a given student or stakeholder. Feedback of design students working with Freed during their design projects, and results from a workshop as measured by a questionnaire, show positive prospects for adoption of the system during the design process.