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Le Corbusier’s projects instantiating his concept for the Museum of Unlimited Extension share a common structure of visibility, revealing and obscuring views of the horizon. A diagram of this structure, called the occlusion map, can generate floor plans consistent with the structure of visibility in the Museum of Unlimited Extension. This paper highlights capabilities of digital tools for revealing latent attributes of existing buildings. By generating a population of floor plans, we hope to show an untapped possibility of generative design strategies – beyond the possibility of generating novel architectural form, we discuss the possibility of “designerly analysis” aimed at disclosing latent architectural attributes of existing form.

Designers of interactive devices are challenged by the need to accurately elicit user requirements from low-cost prototypes at the early stages of the design process. Head-mounted augmented reality (AR) can potentially assist in this process by economically representing physical-digital blended features with relatively high-fidelity prototypes. To explore this potential, we present and evaluate a head-mounted AR-enhanced hybrid prototyping system created in the context of a fan product development process. We conducted a mixed-methods study comparing the AR-enhanced prototyping method with a conventional prototyping method. The results reveal that the AR system can elicit similar user requirements as the conventional prototyping method with an improved overall experience.

Studies of creativity have shown that idea generation within groups produces fewer novel ideas. To address this, we examine ways to stimulate the creative process in idea generation groups, and contribute the new technique of “brainsketching with context cues”, which purposefully adds contextual input into the sketching activity. We build on the existing brainsketching technique, which promotes idea sharing during sketching, by adding context cards into the process. To investigate if sketching with contextual input supports creativity in the design process, we analysed six design sessions with 15 young Interaction Designers. Our findings show that contextual input enhances both individual and group creativity by supporting idea and information exchange in the sketching activity, increasing diversity and novelty of design outcomes.

Design Neurocognition is an emerging research field that aims to elucidate the “black-box” of a designer's mind through the use of brain imaging tools such as electroencephalography (EEG), functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). More than a decade worth of study has led to many interesting research findings. Here, we systematically review the existing literature in the field. We identify 82 publications and provide an overview of nine main research topics that have been studied. We uncover a large variety of methodological approaches that currently hamper the evaluation of research findings through meta-analysis. Finally, we provide recommendations to advance the field and collaboratively generate a more complete understanding of human behavior during design activities.

Many methods have been developed to help designers make better and more sustainable design decisions. Yet there is limited research on designers' perspectives on design decision-making. In this study, discursive psychology is used to analyse designers' accounts of decision-making. The designers show difficulty in trying to describe decision-making as an identifiable action. Different strategies are used to articulate how decision-making fits into the design process. Accounts of how decisions are made involve constructions of rational decision-making which are then undermined through ‘confessions’ of intuition. Decisions about sustainability are portrayed as made by other stakeholders, rather than by designers. The findings show that decision-making is a flexible construct that can be used to account for various actions.