Data Exploration for Generative Design Research

Data Exploration for Generative Design Research

Kun, P. (TU Delft Design Conceptualization and Communication)
Mulder, I. (TU Delft Design Conceptualization and Communication)
Kortuem, G.W. (TU Delft Internet of Things)

Storni, C. (editor)
Leahy, K. (editor)
McMahon, M. (editor)
Lloyd, P. (editor)
Bohemia, E. (editor)

2018

The current work elaborates upon a Generative Data Exploration method, which is a design technique aiming at supporting designers in integrating data in their design activities. Digital data offers new opportunities in all sort of professional domains, yet existing approaches and tools to manipulate data are predominantly targeted at data experts. As access to data is becoming democratised, new types of techniques are needed to leverage the agency of designers and to empower them to utilise data in the design process. Designers without prior data experience can benefit from the techniques, know-how, best practices of experts, if such expert knowledge is codified in design methods and tools. The aims of a Generative Data Exploration method are two-fold. First, the method facilitates a learning curve on gaining holistic data literacy.
Second, the method supports designing where digital data, exploration of data and sense-making of data is part of the process.

design methods
data exploration
generative design
fuzzy front-end

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7a3fe23a-0d7d-4d02-bca6-072486f30afb

10.21606/dma.2018.565

Design Research Society, London

978-1-912294-19-0

Proceedings of DRS 2018

DRS 2018, 2018-06-25 → 2018-06-28, Limerick, Ireland

Proceedings of DRS, 2398-3132, 4

Institutional Repository

conference paper

© 2018 P. Kun, I. Mulder, G.W. Kortuem