Dienstag, 2. September 2008

Creativity and the Design Process

Creativity is a very good quality, because people who are creative are also very flexible, confident, spontaneous, less controlled and are more expressive. Creativity and Originality often get mixed up. Most things that seem to be new or original are actually old ideas brought together. If people think visually and non-verbally they are able to enhance creativity.


A Comparison of Scientific Research method and Design Process models

 

Research method

Design process

Preparation for research

Literature review

Study historic and contemporary examples, media

Information gathering. Goal: to limit variables and identify problem

Collection of preliminary field data

Experimentation with materials and visual ideas

Identification of problem and hypothesis

Information correlated; problem defined; educated guesses made; hypotheses stated; research design prepared

Design problem identified through visual analysis and recognition

Exposition of facts and interpretation

Research plan is carried out; results are analyzed, plan is modified as necessary based on results; experiments are replicated

Work is created in a series, with each work suggesting problems to explore in subsequent work

Presentation of results and findings

Publication of findings

Exhibition of work or production of design

 

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