Pen + Touch Diagramming to Stimulate Design Ideation

Abstract

Ideation, the process of generating new ideas, is central to design where the goal is to find novel solutions around a set of requirements. Designers engage in diagramming, creating external representations of ideas. Diagramming connects the body and creative cognitive processes, as the hands transform physical media to explore ideas. HCI researchers need to leverage body-based interaction to support creativity. My Ph.D. research develops a new body-based diagramming environment to stimulate design ideation.