Towards understanding the potential of sketching animated visualizations in generative workshops

Authors:
Javier Quevedo-Fernández;Derya Ozcelik Buskermolen;J. B. O. S. Martens
Affiliations:
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands;Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands;Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Venue:
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces
Year:
2013

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Abstract

The research presented in this paper aims at increasing our understanding of how tools to rapidly create and manipulate animations can influence the design process in a positive way. We are especially interested in creative activities that are conducted in groups. We present a case study where a tool for sketching animations was introduced in a game-concept-generation workshop that was conducted by an existing design team at a multinational company. The results show that animations can indeed be used productively for real-time exploration, communication and discussion of a wide variety of ideas. Animations are especially beneficial when the concepts under discussion are highly dynamic. The observations also suggest that working with animations contributes to the group dynamics, as the design collaboration becomes more playful, expressive and fun, in comparison to when people are working only with conventional sketches.