"I reflect to improve my design": investigating the role and process of reflection in creative design

Authors:
Moushumi Sharmin;Brian P. Bailey
Affiliations:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA;University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Venue:
C&C '11 Proceedings of the 8th ACM conference on Creativity and cognition
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Reflection is an integral part of the creative design process. However, reflection is often considered as an enigmatic, un-orderly, and irregular process, leading to a lack of support from existing design and creativity support tools. Through a contextual inquiry (N=12) of designers' reflection practice, we found that reflection is predominantly a systematic, intentional, and repeatedly practiced activity. We also found that artifacts play an imperative role in supporting reflective process. We offer guidelines for the design of better reflection support tools.