Transforming shape in design: observations from studies of sketching

Design Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 503-520

  Prats, Miquel ^a   Lim, Sungwoo ^b   Jowers, Iestyn ^c   Garner, Steve W ^a   Chase, Scott ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computer aided design; conceptual design; drawings; shape rules; shape transformations

Indexed keywords

DESIGN SKETCH; DRAWINGS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPLORATION PROCESS; FORMAL DESCRIPTION; SHAPE RULES; SHAPE TRANSFORMATION; SHAPE TRANSFORMATIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 67749097491     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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