Inspiration and Ideation : Drawing in a Digital Age
- Submitting institution
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Heriot-Watt University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 10633414
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1162/DESI_a_00261
- Title of journal
- Design Issues
- Article number
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- First page
- 42
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 0747-9360
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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https://doi.org/10.1162/DESI_a_00261
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- Yes
- Additional information
- Based on an analysis of the final stage of Schenk’s long-term study (1984-2015), this article confirms the continued relevance of paper-based drawing methods in design processes in commercial practice, and emphasizes the importance of a designer achieving a ‘customized’ meld of paper and screen-based methods appropriate to the nature of their individual design discipline. It also reveals that senior design academics share concerns about a lack of development of drawing competency in student and novice designers. The use of verbatim accounts from designers and academics defines the evidential nature of the work. This sole-authored article is published in an established design research journal (founded 1984) published by MIT Press. The primary research included individual accounts of designers’ drawing practices; analysis of over a thousand drawings and sketchbooks; regular monitoring of studio practice; and visits to design consultancies. The full complexity of the relationship between the performance of a designerly task and the intellectual, practical and technical competency required has been analysed, extending understanding beyond recognition of the value of mere sketching for ideation in a digital age identified by other authors, (Ashton 2014, Orthel and Day 2016). The use of drawing for interrogating visual sources and promoting visual literacy is described and so constitutes an important reference for the fields of drawing and pedagogy. The article has been cited in both art and design and technology/engineering-related international journals and papers by, among others, Fava, M., in “A decline in drawing ability?”, International Journal of Art and Design; Börekçi, N., “Visual Thinking Styles and Idea Generation Strategies Employed in Visual Brainstorming Sessions”, Design and Technology Education: An International Journal; and Wang, G., et al, “How Do Designers Assemble Representational Practices to Generate Radical Digital Innovations?”, the 37th International Conference on Information Systems, Dublin.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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