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A constraint-based understanding of design spaces

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Michael Mose Biskjaer,

Peter Dalsgaard,

Kim HalskovAuthors Info & Claims

DIS '14: Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Designing interactive systems

Pages 453 - 462

https://doi.org/10.1145/2598510.2598533

Published: 21 June 2014 Publication History

Abstract

This paper suggests a framework for understanding and manoeuvring design spaces based on insights from research into creativity constraints. We define the design space as a conceptual space, which in addition to being co-constituted, explored and developed by the designer encompasses the creativity constraints governing the design process. While design spaces can be highly complex, our constraint-based understanding enables us to argue for the benefits of a systematic approach to mapping and manipulating aspects of the design space. We discuss how designers by means of a simple representation, a design space schema, can identify the properties of the prospective product that s/he can form. Through a case study, we show how design space schemas can support designers in various ways, including gaining an overview of the design process, documenting it, reflecting on it, and developing design concepts. Finally, we discuss the potentials and limitations of this approach.

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