HODI: a technique for visually capturing and preserving design rationale

  • Authors:
  • Özge Subasi;Geraldine Fitzpatrick

  • Affiliations:
  • Vienna University of Technology, Vienna;Vienna University of Technology, Vienna

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Design idea generation techniques motivate users, but it is hard to reflect back to co-design partners the motivating relationship between background information and different design decisions. This paper presents a four-layer technique (HODI) for associating background data with design iterations. An exploratory user study shows how participants used the information in different layouts to both generate and iterate on design ideas, and its effect on the trajectories of ideas. This paper contributes to knowledge on design processes for the purpose of presenting background data and its relation to idea creation as part of a co-design process.