EAGER: MyDesignSpace: Discovering Design Patterns from Holistic Ideation Web Tool

EAGER：MyDesignSpace：从整体构思网络工具中发现设计模式

• 批准号: 1150271
• 负责人: Jami Shah
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1150271&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; MyDesignSpace; Discovering; Design; Patterns

The research objective of this EArly concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) is to create a framework for a web based holistic ideation system that invites users at large to attempt to solve their design problems using the tool. The goal is to collect massive amounts of data from diverse set of users over an extended period of time to explore deeper issues and solution strategies employed by real designers. As part of an ongoing project the investigators have created a framework for holistic ideation by mixing and matching disparate ideation mechanisms matched to diverse ideation states commonly encountered in design. This is transformative in two ways: it builds a bridge between intuitive and logical approaches and it creates an entirely new mode of research for design creativity. But for this approach to bear fruit, massive amounts of data need to collected and analyzed to determine ideations paths, use and user scenarios and corresponding level of effectiveness. The Testbed will provide a uniform and structured way of collecting data on creative design which will lead to a better understanding of creative processes and the influence of thinking styles and problem complexity on these processes through empirical studies conducted at a fine granularity level (ideation mechanisms). A holistic approach will introduce students to both logical/experiential and intuitive strategies which has a greater probability of acceptance. Studying ideation paths in conceptual design has not been previously explored and researched in a formal manner. The main impediment is the lack of a proper foundation for characterizing such paths. The holistic ideation framework will facilitate several different ideation methods/strategies and track success rates based on ideation paths using heat maps employed today by companies such as Google.If successful, this research has the potential for impacting design practice, design research and engineering education. This project explores the feasibility of new software to support people in being more creative and evaluates their performance through user studies. Such systems will become partners rather than tools. Through user interaction, they will sense the ideation state and suggest possible strategies at a given state. In this role the tool becomes a virtual facilitator with virtual group members that generate provocative stimuli and contribute technical insights. Particularly for novices, such as engineering students, it is important to provide access to experiential knowledge through a multitude of resources. Results will be broadly disseminated through conferences and journals, as well as through the developed website.

这个早期概念探索性研究资助 (EAGER) 的研究目标是为基于网络的整体构思系统创建一个框架，邀请广大用户尝试使用该工具解决他们的设计问题。目标是在很长一段时间内从不同的用户群体收集大量数据，以探索真正的设计师所采用的更深层次的问题和解决策略。作为正在进行的项目的一部分，研究人员通过混合和匹配与设计中常见的不同构思状态相匹配的不同构思机制，创建了一个整体构思框架。这在两个方面具有变革性：它在直觉和逻辑方法之间架起了一座桥梁，并为设计创造力创造了一种全新的研究模式。但要使这种方法取得成果，需要收集和分析大量数据，以确定创意路径、使用和用户场景以及相应的有效性水平。测试平台将提供一种统一且结构化的方式来收集创意设计数据，从而通过在细粒度级别（构思机制）进行实证研究，更好地理解创意过程以及思维方式和问题复杂性对这些过程的影响。 。整体方法将向学生介绍逻辑/经验和直觉策略，这些策略更有可能被接受。研究概念设计中的构思路径之前尚未以正式的方式进行过探索和研究。主要障碍是缺乏描述此类路径特征的适当基础。整体构思框架将促进几种不同的构思方法/策略，并使用谷歌等公司目前使用的热图根据构思路径跟踪成功率。如果成功，这项研究有可能影响设计实践、设计研究和工程教育。该项目探讨了新软件支持人们更具创造力的可行性，并通过用户研究评估他们的表现。这样的系统将成为合作伙伴而不是工具。通过用户交互，他们将感知构思状态并在给定状态下提出可能的策略。在这个角色中，该工具成为虚拟小组成员的虚拟促进者，产生挑衅性刺激并贡献技术见解。特别是对于工程专业学生等新手来说，通过多种资源提供体验知识非常重要。结果将通过会议和期刊以及开发的网站广泛传播。