An affective tool to assist in designing innovations

Lulham, R; Thurgood, C; Shank, D

An affective tool to assist in designing innovations

Lulham, R

Thurgood, C

Shank, D

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Publisher:: IASDR
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Interplay: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research, 2015, pp. 1361 - 1379
Issue Date:: 2015

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dc.contributor.author	Lulham, R https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1639-2446	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Thurgood, C https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3812-4423	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Shank, D	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Popovic, V	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Blackler, A	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Luh, D-B	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Nimkulrat, N	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Kraal, B	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Nagia, Y	en_US
dc.date	2015-11-02	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Interplay: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research, 2015, pp. 1361 - 1379	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-646-94318-3	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/39202
dc.description.abstract	While cognitive models of the design process have long dominated, many design innovation approaches advocate the importance of exploring affective concepts such as emotion, meaning and lived experiences in the creation of innovations. We suggest the capacity to think abstractly – to question, make connections and broaden understanding based on affect and meaning – is a fundamental skill for the abductive problem solving characteristic of expert designers. There are, however, few tools to promote questioning and reflection based on affect within the design innovation process. We see a need for such tools in design innovation workshops, particularly for non-designers who are less experienced with this type of thinking. We prototype a novel creativity tool for exploring affect within design innovation processes. It utilizes Affect Control Theory’s dictionaries of affective meanings for social events to explore affective space. The dictionaries contain standardized affective ratings for a range of concepts. These ratings allow the linking of concepts that have similar affective properties. The initial creativity tool prototype is illustrated within Dorst’s (2015) Frame Creation design innovation method. We envisage the tool being one tool among a range used for the analysis of themes and the development of frames within design innovation processes.	en_US
dc.publisher	IASDR	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Interplay: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Association of Societies of Design Research	en_US
dc.title	An affective tool to assist in designing innovations	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location.activity	Brisbane	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
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/Strength - DIRC - Design Innovation Research Centre
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pubs.finish-date	2015-11-05	en_US
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Abstract:

While cognitive models of the design process have long dominated, many design innovation approaches advocate the importance of exploring affective concepts such as emotion, meaning and lived experiences in the creation of innovations. We suggest the capacity to think abstractly – to question, make connections and broaden understanding based on affect and meaning – is a fundamental skill for the abductive problem solving characteristic of expert designers. There are, however, few tools to promote questioning and reflection based on affect within the design innovation process. We see a need for such tools in design innovation workshops, particularly for non-designers who are less experienced with this type of thinking. We prototype a novel creativity tool for exploring affect within design innovation processes. It utilizes Affect Control Theory’s dictionaries of affective meanings for social events to explore affective space. The dictionaries contain standardized affective ratings for a range of concepts. These ratings allow the linking of concepts that have similar affective properties. The initial creativity tool prototype is illustrated within Dorst’s (2015) Frame Creation design innovation method. We envisage the tool being one tool among a range used for the analysis of themes and the development of frames within design innovation processes.

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