Open AccessCULTURAL PROBES METHOD IN DESIGN RESEARCH: CREATIVITY IN SKETCHES
Author(s) -
Jūratė Černevičiūtė,
Lina Liebutė
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
creativity studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2345-0487
pISSN - 2345-0479
DOI - 10.3846/cs.2022.15473
Subject(s) - environmental graphic design , nobody , creativity , field (mathematics) , context (archaeology) , computer science , research design , architecture , design methods , design education , design science , engineering ethics , management science , architectural engineering , sociology , engineering , knowledge management , visual arts , social science , art , psychology , mechanical engineering , social psychology , paleontology , mathematics , pure mathematics , biology , operating system
Despite the abundance of methods and models, the design research is still often entangled in concepts irrelevant to design practice. This paper rethinks the discourse of design research and the evolving role of a designer. The most important attempts to build a design as an academic discipline are mentioned, along with research communities that are operating in the field of design. Art-and-design-based approach in design research in Donald Schön’s works on architecture and design practice, rises the importance of sketches in the creative idea generation. Implementing sketching techniques into the cultural probes, as one of an art-and-design-based research method, opens up ways to innovative design solutions. This paper discusses the relationship between the method and sketching in the context of the case study “When Nobody Sees”. Sketching is discussed as an art-based tool for problem-setting.