Information spaces for creative conversations

Abstract

In this workshop we will explore the use of technical and other artefacts and interventions to create information spaces that facilitate, rather than inhibit, creative conversations that take place as part of the design process. We wish to support designers in engaging more flexibly and effectively in conversations that are characterized by both innovation and reflective, critical thinking, and that take place in both co-located and distributed settings. Key technological aspects of this support include the management and display of design information and critical feedback across a range of appropriate display surfaces; the capture in appropriate media audio, video, still images of significant design information; and the ability to replay, annotate and reflect upon such captured content. However, we are also interested in the social and procedural contexts in which such technologies may be deployed.