Roles of externalisation activities in the design process
Journal article, 2014

Designers engage in various activities, dealing with different materials and media to externalise and represent their form ideas. This paper presents a review of design research literature regarding externalisation activities in design process: sketching, building physical models and digital modelling. The aim has been to review research on the roles of media and representations in design processes, and highlight knowledge gaps and questions for future research.

Author

Maral Babapour Chafi

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Design and Human Factors

Swedish Design Research Journal

2000-964X (ISSN)

Vol. 2014 1

Subject Categories

Design

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10/7/2017