Enhancing creativity in interaction design: Alternative design brief

Corina Sas*, Alan Dix

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Abstract

This paper offers a critique of the design brief as it is currently used in teaching interaction design and proposes an alternative way of developing it. Such a design brief requires the exploration of alternative application domains for an already developed technology. The paper presents a case study where such a novel type of design brief has been offered to the students taking part in a collaborative design project and discusses how it supported divergent thinking and creativity as well as helped enhancing the learning objectives.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCreativity and HCI
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Experience to Design in Education
EditorsPaula Kotze, William Wong, Joaquim Jorge, Alan Dix, Paula Alexandra Silva
Pages175-188
Number of pages14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameIFIP International Federation for Information Processing
Volume289
ISSN (Print)1571-5736

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