> HCI uses this term with a different perspective, (which is not easy to
> explain) to discuss more about the overall look at the possible design
> solutions/alternatives/concerns on one specific research/design question.
>
> But haven't encountered any concrete discussion on the use of this phrase
> in the literature yet.
Yes, I was not meaning "design space" as in "the design of space" as an architectural matter but rather "design space" as a concept / way of describing design possibilities via a spatial metaphor.
I think the HCI use of the term is mixed in many senses, e.g.,
as a synonym for a loose taxonomy,
as a indication of a broad range of design possibilities (often this is rhetorical in the sense of convincing others that one's research is generative and not a single instance---e.g, that it opens up a design space),
as a formal method for engineering interfaces,
as above, but with an additional 'scientific' edge whereby design spaces are traversed / mapped out / evaluated using theoretical concepts from cognitive science (this is the only sense of "design space" that I've actually written stuff on so far).
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Stuart Reeves
Mixed Reality Lab
School of Computer Science (C15), University of Nottingham
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