The effect of stimulus modes and associative distance in individual creativity support systems
Decision Support Systems
A typology of design space explorers
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing - Special Issue: Design Spaces: The Explicit Representation of Spaces of Alternatives
Design Scenarios: Enabling transparent parametric design spaces
Advanced Engineering Informatics
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The paper presents aspects of designer action that stress cognitive strategies for effective design problem solving, under the headings of exploration and representation. It proposes that links among design moves and shifts between design arguments are of prime importance in exploration and the design space should accommodate and expose them. The primacy of self-generated representations in the form of free-hand sketches and the role of arbitrary visual stimuli as supporting design reasoning is introduced. The expositions lead to the conclusion that the design space should be conceived as a multilevel and multifacet construct that supports on the spot experimentation and provides essential feedback not only regarding designs, but also concerning the process of designing.