The art of ‘stepping back’: Studying levels of abstraction in a diverse design team

Kokotovich, V; Dorst, K

The art of ‘stepping back’: Studying levels of abstraction in a diverse design team

Kokotovich, V Dorst, K

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Citation:: Design Studies, 2016, 46 pp. 79 - 94
Issue Date:: 2016-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Kokotovich, V	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dorst, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6102-2348	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Design Studies, 2016, 46 pp. 79 - 94	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0142-694X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/121752
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 Elsevier Ltd A review of literature that examines how expert designers move from very concrete adoptions/amalgamations of obvious existing concepts towards highly abstract shifts to new paradigms of solutions. In this paper we investigated IF and HOW a mixed group of undergraduate and Post-graduate students from diverse backgrounds could demonstrate a similar capacity to collectively display such a movement between levels of abstraction. Essentially, the design team drew from their experiential knowledge, not moving far beyond the combinatorial solution propositions that would characterise a novice designer. More detailed research into the abstraction behaviour of novice and expert designers should inform the creation of methods and tools to assist multidisciplinary teams in moving through various levels of abstraction during the design process.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Design Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.destud.2016.07.005	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Design Practice & Management	en_US
dc.title	The art of ‘stepping back’: Studying levels of abstraction in a diverse design team	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	46	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
utslib.for	0806 Information Systems	en_US
utslib.for	1201 Architecture	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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pubs.volume	46	en_US

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© 2016 Elsevier Ltd A review of literature that examines how expert designers move from very concrete adoptions/amalgamations of obvious existing concepts towards highly abstract shifts to new paradigms of solutions. In this paper we investigated IF and HOW a mixed group of undergraduate and Post-graduate students from diverse backgrounds could demonstrate a similar capacity to collectively display such a movement between levels of abstraction. Essentially, the design team drew from their experiential knowledge, not moving far beyond the combinatorial solution propositions that would characterise a novice designer. More detailed research into the abstraction behaviour of novice and expert designers should inform the creation of methods and tools to assist multidisciplinary teams in moving through various levels of abstraction during the design process.

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