Sketch Interpretation in Design Communication
Sketch Interpretation in Design Communication
Department of Computer and Information Sciences, De Montfort University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Engineering Design Centre, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Department of Design and Innovation, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
>Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Engineering Design
Technical University of Munich, Munich, 1999, volume 2 pp. 923-928.
Introduction. Designers need to communicate their ideas to others. But these ideas can be fluid, vague, provisional, and involve a mixture of degrees of detail and levels of abstraction. Expressing and interpreting imprecision and uncertainty is a challenge for human-computer interaction when designers use CAD systems. It is also a problem for communication between different members of design teams. Sketches are both a tool and a source of confusion for conveying provisionality and uncertainty. Freehand sketches are a fast and powerful medium for expressing design ideas; their inherent imprecision and ambiguity facilitates idea generation by allowing designers to see variations and re-interpret their own sketches. But misinterpretation of sketches is a major cause of communication failure in design teams. This paper presents an analysis of imprecision in sketch-based communication. It is intended as a foundation for technological and organisational approaches to improving communication in design teams.
Keywords: Design Communication, HCI, Sketching, Design Psychology, Knitwear.
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Martin Stacey
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Claudia Eckert
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Jeanette
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