Which visualisation tools and why? comparing perceptions of student and practicing designers toward digital sketching

Charlie Ranscombe; Katherine Bissett Johnson; Wenwen Zhang; Boris Eisenbart; Carlye Lauff

Which visualisation tools and why? comparing perceptions of student and practicing designers toward digital sketching

Charlie Ranscombe, Katherine Bissett Johnson, Wenwen Zhang, Boris Eisenbart, Carlye Lauff

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Abstract

Different design tools offer a variety of different benefits to designers at different stages in the design process. Yet, as digital design tools develop, providing more nuanced utility, we observe a challenge for design educators in teaching as per both how and when to apply said tools. This paper contributes to the discussion around digital tools in design education by comparing student perceptions of digital sketching with those of practicing designers. We do so from the perspective of the characteristics of digital sketching that are referenced by participants when describing its application in a typical design process. Results show how characteristics relating to representation of ideas and usability are widely referenced by both groups; however, we found a difference in practicing designers referencing of time characteristics more so than students. Based on this difference in the way digital sketching is perceived, we conclude that greater consideration how different tools influence the time taken to create a visualisation, and thus speed of iteration, is the key to educating students on how to consider and select different design tools.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020
Editors	Lyndon Buck, Erik Bohemia, Hilary Grierson
Publisher	The Design Society
ISBN (Electronic)	9781912254101
State	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020 - Herning, Denmark Duration: Sep 10 2020 → Sep 11 2020

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Name	Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020

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Conference	22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Herning
Period	9/10/20 → 9/11/20

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Publisher Copyright:
© International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020.All right reserved.

Keywords

Sketching
communication
computer aided design (CAD)
design tools
digital sketching
visualisation

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Ranscombe, C., Johnson, K. B., Zhang, W., Eisenbart, B., & Lauff, C. (2020). Which visualisation tools and why? comparing perceptions of student and practicing designers toward digital sketching. In L. Buck, E. Bohemia, & H. Grierson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020 (Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020). The Design Society.

Which visualisation tools and why? comparing perceptions of student and practicing designers toward digital sketching. / Ranscombe, Charlie; Johnson, Katherine Bissett; Zhang, Wenwen et al.
Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020. ed. / Lyndon Buck; Erik Bohemia; Hilary Grierson. The Design Society, 2020. (Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Ranscombe, C, Johnson, KB, Zhang, W, Eisenbart, B & Lauff, C 2020, Which visualisation tools and why? comparing perceptions of student and practicing designers toward digital sketching. in L Buck, E Bohemia & H Grierson (eds), Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020, The Design Society, 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020, Herning, Denmark, 9/10/20.

Ranscombe C, Johnson KB, Zhang W, Eisenbart B, Lauff C. Which visualisation tools and why? comparing perceptions of student and practicing designers toward digital sketching. In Buck L, Bohemia E, Grierson H, editors, Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020. The Design Society. 2020. (Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020).

Ranscombe, Charlie ; Johnson, Katherine Bissett ; Zhang, Wenwen et al. / Which visualisation tools and why? comparing perceptions of student and practicing designers toward digital sketching. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020. editor / Lyndon Buck ; Erik Bohemia ; Hilary Grierson. The Design Society, 2020. (Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020).

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