What Architects See in Their Sketches: Implications for Design Tools

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 191-192

  Suwa, Masaki ^a   Tversky, Barbara ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

architectural design; creativity; design sketch; protocol analysis; sketching tools

Indexed keywords

CREATIVITY; DESIGN IDEAS; DESIGN SKETCH; DESIGN TOOL; DRIVING FORCES; FREEHAND SKETCH; NON VISUALS; PERCEPTUAL FEATURE; PROTOCOL ANALYZE; SKETCHING TOOLS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DRAWING (GRAPHICS); ENGINEERS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; VISUALIZATION;

ARCHITECTS; CREATIVITY; FREEHAND SKETCHES; NONVISUAL FUNCTIONAL RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; RETROSPECTIVE PROTOCOL ANALYSIS;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0029710265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/257089.257255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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