Using data visualization in creativity workshops: a new tool in the designer's kit

  • Authors:
  • Graham Dove;Sara Jones;Jason Dykes;Amanda Brown;Alison Duffy

  • Affiliations:
  • City University London;City University London;City University London;City University London;City University London

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 9th ACM Conference on Creativity & Cognition
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Creativity workshops have proved effective in drawing out unexpected requirements and giving form to participants' novel ideas. Here, we introduce a new addition to the workshop designer's toolkit: interactive data visualization, used as stimuli to prompt insight and inspire creativity. We first describe a pilot study in which we compare the effectiveness of two different styles of data visualization. Here we found that a less ambiguous style was more effective in supporting idea generation. Following this, we report a case study in which we employ data visualization within a service design workshop, where participants gain insights that are later realized in design ideas.