Investigating Information: A Qualitative Analysis of Expert Designers’ Information Representation and Structuring Behaviors

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole B. Damen ◽  
Christine A. Toh
Keyword(s):  
Software Design ◽  
Information Organization ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Information Approach ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Pedestrian Accidents ◽  
Design Challenge ◽  
Types Of Information

Abstract Information organization and utilization are integral to the design and development of creative ideas. However, navigating this often complex information space can be challenging, even for experienced designers. Therefore, deep analysis of how expert designers utilize and organize information is needed to provide qualitative insights into their information organization strategies. To address this, four professionals in the software design and development field were recruited for individual 3-hour design sessions. They were asked to generate ideas for a design challenge (reducing distraction-based pedestrian accidents) using information sheets specifically developed to contain different types of information, as identified by prior work. Results reveal individual differences in information approach and categorization, although these were motivated by similar underlying patterns of evaluating the relevance of information for its ability to inform the project constraints, resources or (user) requirements. Designer experience and use of design processes and knowledge transfer tools enhanced their ability to turn information into insights.

Investigating Information: A Qualitative Analysis of Expert Designers' Information Representation and Structuring Behaviors (IDETC2019-98362)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-53
Author(s):  
Nicole B. Damen ◽  
Christine Toh
Keyword(s):  
Software Design ◽  
Information Organization ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Software Designers ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Pedestrian Accidents ◽  
Design Challenge ◽  
Types Of Information

Abstract Information organization and utilization are integral to the design and development of creative ideas. However, navigating this often complex information space can be challenging, even for experienced designers. Therefore, deep analysis of how expert software designers utilize and organize information is needed to provide qualitative insights into their information organization strategies. To address this, four professionals in the software design and development field were recruited for individual 3-hour design sessions. They were asked to generate ideas for a design challenge (reducing distraction-based pedestrian accidents) using information sheets specifically developed to contain different types of information, as identified by prior work. Results reveal individual differences in information approach and categorization, although these were motivated by similar underlying patterns of evaluating the relevance of information for its ability to inform the project constraints, resources or (user) requirements. Designer experience and use of design processes and knowledge transfer tools enhanced their ability to turn information into insights.

From Information to Ideas: How Designers Structure Information to Support Idea Generation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole B. Damen ◽  
Christine A. Toh
Keyword(s):  
Software Design ◽  
Graphic Design ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Information Organization ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Structure Information ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Pedestrian Accidents ◽  
Available Information ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Design can be seen as a series of decisions that are informed by information that the designer has gathered from the environment and transformed into actionable knowledge. The sheer volume and variety of available information compels designers to impose structure upon the desired information, which in turn may affect subsequent design activities. To better understand how information may inform design decisions, this study investigates the relationship between designers’ information organization behaviors and their generated ideas by recruiting eight professionals (four from software design and four from graphic design) for individual 3-hour design sessions. They were asked to generate ideas for a design problem (reducing pedestrian accidents in Nebraska) using the provided information. Results reveal that designers structured the information in three different ways (Clusters, Relations, and Nests), and both designer background and organizational strategy display different roles in the features generated in their ideas.

Towards an Information Archetypes Framework: Exploring the Types of Information Used in Open Source Design Engagements

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Yi ◽  
Kevin Lumbard ◽  
Nicole B. Damen ◽  
Matt Germonprez ◽  
Christine A. Toh
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
Ongoing Effort ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Final Design ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
Competitive Products

Abstract Across disciplines such as software engineering to architectural design, it is well acknowledged that the different types of information employed during the design process impacts the potential of the final design. However, a lack of understanding exists about how designers utilize and navigate the abundance of complex information types, making it difficult to develop design methodologies that support the development of competitive products and services. As part of an ongoing effort to develop an Information Archetypes Framework, this study focuses on identifying the emergence of information dimensions and archetypes during decision making. This was accomplished through a detailed analysis of interviews with designers who engage in open source work as part of their employment. The findings of this study provide empirical evidence of the types of information used during the design process, validates existing information archetypes, and identifies new archetypes that emerge from co-occurring information dimensions.

scholarly journals The Time Course of Abstract Visual Representation

Perception ◽  
10.1068/p3396 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 579-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin W Tatler ◽  
Iain D Gilchrist ◽  
Jenny Rusted
Keyword(s):  
Visual System ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Change Blindness ◽  
Natural Scenes ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
Abstract Representations ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Time Courses ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
Pictorial Representations

Studies in change blindness re-enforce the suggestion that veridical, pictorial representations that survive multiple relocations of gaze are unlikely to be generated in the visual system. However, more abstract information may well be extracted and represented by the visual system. In this paper we study the types of information that are retained and the time courses over which these representations are constructed when participants view complex natural scenes. We find that such information is retained and that the resultant abstract representations encode a range of information. Different types of information are extracted and represented over different time courses. After several seconds of viewing natural scenes, our visual system is able to construct a complex information-rich representation.

Effect of sleep on memory for binding different types of visual information

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J Shaw ◽  
Zhisen Urgolites ◽  
Padraic Monaghan
Keyword(s):  
Visual Information ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Declarative Memory ◽  
Recognition Task ◽  
Forced Choice ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Types Of Information

Visual long-term memory has a large and detailed storage capacity for individual scenes, objects, and actions. However, memory for combinations of actions and scenes is poorer, suggesting difficulty in binding this information together. Sleep can enhance declarative memory of information, but whether sleep can also boost memory for binding information and whether the effect is general across different types of information is not yet known. Experiments 1 to 3 tested effects of sleep on binding actions and scenes, and Experiments 4 and 5 tested binding of objects and scenes. Participants viewed composites and were tested 12-hours later after a delay consisting of sleep (9pm-9am) or wake (9am-9pm), on an alternative forced choice recognition task. For action-scene composites, memory was relatively poor with no significant effect of sleep. For object-scene composites sleep did improve memory. Sleep can promote binding in memory, depending on the type of information to be combined.

scholarly journals How the Multiplicity of Suggested Information Affects the Behavior of a User in a Recommender System

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 741
Author(s):  
Yuseok Ban ◽  
Kyungjae Lee
Keyword(s):  
High Precision ◽  
Recommender System ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Supplementary Information ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Types Of Information

Many researchers have suggested improving the retention of a user in the digital platform using a recommender system. Recent studies show that there are many potential ways to assist users to find interesting items, other than high-precision rating predictions. In this paper, we study how the diverse types of information suggested to a user can influence their behavior. The types have been divided into visual information, evaluative information, categorial information, and narrational information. Based on our experimental results, we analyze how different types of supplementary information affect the performance of a recommender in terms of encouraging users to click more items or spend more time in the digital platform.

scholarly journals The Effects of Task Complexity on the Use of Different Types of Information in a Search Assistance Tool

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogeum Choi ◽  
Austin Ward ◽  
Yuan Li ◽  
Jaime Arguello ◽  
Robert Capra
Keyword(s):  
Task Complexity ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
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