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An examination of the impact of new technology on industrial designers’ search for inspirational materials

authors: Steve Westerman, Suki Kaur, Celine Mougenot, Ludovig Sorbe, Carole Bouchard

This paper considers the impact of new technology on creative industrial designers' ability to locate inspirational materials. Creative design is identified as having particular information retrieval requirements. The importance of diversity and structure in search results are examined in this context. The potential for designers' (users') search strategies and the model of information display to provide serendipity and structure is discussed. Results from interviews with designers and tests of student designers are mentioned in support, and areas for further work proposed.

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Submitted by sukhvinder kaur on Fri, 22/06/2007 - 1:17pm.
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Imagination in creative design
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Submitted by Setchi on Sat, 07/07/2007 - 7:03pm.

Dear authors,

Thank you for your interesting paper. There is one question I would like to ask. What is the role of imagination in creative design?

Best regards,

Rossi


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