Improvisation principles and techniques for design

Elizabeth Gerber

doi:10.1145/1240624.1240786

Improvisation principles and techniques for design

Elizabeth Gerber^*

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Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

Existing research addresses how designers create tools to support improvisation, yet little research explores how improvisation offers tools to support design work. This paper explores the potential relationship between improvisation and design, examining how design can benefit from improvisation. The paper argues that improvisation can build perspectives and skills that are critical for designers, such as creative collaboration, fostering innovation, supporting spontaneity, learning through error, and presenting ideas. The paper reviews the use of improvisation activities by designers in a multi-case study. The applications are analyzed to demonstrate individual and group level outcomes in design work.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007, CHI 2007
Pages	1069-1072
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1240624.1240786
State	Published - 2007
Event	25th SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007, CHI 2007 - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: Apr 28 2007 → May 3 2007

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Other	25th SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007, CHI 2007
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose, CA
Period	4/28/07 → 5/3/07

Keywords

Collaboration
Design
Improvisation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Gerber, E 2007, Improvisation principles and techniques for design. in Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007, CHI 2007. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, pp. 1069-1072, 25th SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007, CHI 2007, San Jose, CA, United States, 4/28/07. https://doi.org/10.1145/1240624.1240786

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