Dear PhD-Design Listers and Gavin:
In relation to problem solving and the benefits of ‘stepping back’ from
the Brief /Problem,
there is a growing body of literature [my own included], which tends to
support Gavin’s notion
of “suspending the desire to draw, design whatever and trying to figure
out what possibilities
there are for responding to the problem/situation that is set”. The
benefits of Stepping back
from the problem and the notion of separating ideas from the embodiment
of ideas, in the
early phases of the design process seem to hold true for both designers
and non-designers.
I would invite a review of the following, if you have an interest in
this area of design research.
Kokotovich, V., (2008), Problem Analysis and Thinking Tools; An
Empirical Study of Non-hierarchical
Mind Mapping, Design Studies, Vol 29, No. 1 pp. 49-69
Kokotovich, V., (2002). Creative Mental synthesis in Designers and
Non-designers: Experimental
Examinations, Thesis (PhD), University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Mathias, J R (1993) A study of the problem solving strategies used by
expert and
novice designers, PhD Thesis, University of Aston, Birmingham, UK.
Warm regards,
Vasilije
Dr Vasilije Kokotovich
Lecturer - Industrial design
Faculty of Design Architecture & Building
University of Technology Sydney
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Gavin Melles wrote:
> Hi David (and listers)
>
> I must say in my limited understanding of whatever is common to design activity that the notion of articulating the problem space (central to interaction design and other fields) seems to be a relevant phase for many design fields. It seems to work on suspending the desire to draw, design whatever and trying to figure out what possibilities there are for responding to the problem/situation that is set - it precedes the metaphor/concept etc., phase for beginning to delineate the different possible responses to the problem ... Am I on the money here?
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