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"I reflect to improve my design": investigating the role and process of reflection in creative design

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Reflection is an integral part of the creative design process. However, reflection is often considered as an enigmatic, un-orderly, and irregular process, leading to a lack of support from existing design and creativity support tools. Through a contextual inquiry (N=12) of designers' reflection practice, we found that reflection is predominantly a systematic, intentional, and repeatedly practiced activity. We also found that artifacts play an imperative role in supporting reflective process. We offer guidelines for the design of better reflection support tools.

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    C&C '11: Proceedings of the 8th ACM conference on Creativity and cognition
    November 2011
    492 pages
    ISBN:9781450308205
    DOI:10.1145/2069618
    • General Chair:
    • Ashok K. Goel,
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    • Fox Harrell,
    • Brian Magerko,
    • Yukari Nagai,
    • Jane Prophet

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    Published: 03 November 2011

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    1. artifacts
    2. creative design
    3. reflection

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    November 3 - 6, 2011
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