Sketching as mental imagery processing

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Abstract

Analysis of results of design protocols of novice and expert designers, although based on a limited number of designers, has shown that there are differences in the balance of cognitive actions between them. In this paper, we investigate the possible reasons for this imbalance in cognitive activity between the novice and expert designers in the rate of information processing driven by their relative experience in drawing production and sketch recognition. We use the theory of mental imagery to explain these differences.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)347-364
Number of pages18
JournalDesign Studies
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2001

Funding

This research has been funded by the Australian Research Council, Grant Numbers A89601894 and A89802104. Dr Manolya Kavakli is grateful to the NATO Science Program for the Postdoctoral Fellowship (NATO area code: 4301, NATO list code: 51/B96/TU) awarded by TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) that started her research studies on sketch recognition. Our special thanks to Masaki Suwa for the information about the coding scheme and video tapes of the design protocols, to Simon Hayman and Simeon Simoff for their support in the statistical analysis of the early phases of this study, and to Jason Thorne for converting the paper to Latex for publication.

FundersFunder number
TUBITAK
Uluslararasi Iliskiler Konseyi (UIK) & North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Australian Research CouncilA89601894, A89802104
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu

    Keywords

    • Conceptual
    • Design
    • Design activity
    • Design cognition
    • Information processing
    • Perception

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