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Creativity and Rationale

Enhancing Human Experience by Design

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  • Explores whether and how creativity and rationale can have mutually facilitative interactions
  • State of the art volume developed from the NSF Workshop ‘Creativity and Rationale in Software Design’
  • Includes contributions from leading experts in several software design research communities

Part of the book series: Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS, volume 20)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Evaluating Creativity

    • Linda Candy
    Pages 57-84
  3. Integrating Design Representations for Creativity

    • Alistair Sutcliffe
    Pages 85-104
  4. Achieving Both Creativity and Rationale: Reuse in Design with Images and Claims

    • D. Scott McCrickard, Shahtab Wahid, Stacy M. Branham, Steve Harrison
    Pages 105-119
  5. The PRInCiPleS Design Framework

    • Eli Blevis
    Pages 143-169
  6. Does Design Rationale Enhance Creativity?

    • Jing Wang, Umer Farooq, John M. Carroll
    Pages 197-222
  7. Improvisation in the Cloud: Devised Theatre in Support of Problem-Finding

    • Irene J. Petrick, Phillip J. Ayoub, Matthew J. Prindible
    Pages 273-285
  8. The Practice Level in Participatory Design Rationale: Studying Practitioner Moves and Choices

    • Albert M. Selvin, Simon J. Buckingham Shum, Mark Aakhus
    Pages 287-325
  9. Mining Creativity Research to Inform Design Rationale in Open Source Communities

    • Winslow Burleson, Priyamvada Tripathi
    Pages 353-376
  10. Patterns for Emergent Global Intelligence

    • John C. Thomas
    Pages 405-422

About this book

Creativity and rationale comprise an essential tension in design. They are two sides of the coin; contrary, complementary, but perhaps also interdependent. Designs always serve purposes. They always have an internal logic. They can be queried, explained, and evaluated. These characteristics are what design rationale is about. But at the same time designs always provoke experiences and insights. They open up possibilities, raise questions, and engage human sense making. Design is always about creativity.

Creativity and Rationale: Enhancing Human Experience by Design comprises 19 complementary chapters by leading experts in the areas of human-computer interaction design, sociotechnical systems design, requirements engineering, information systems, and artificial intelligence. Researchers, research students and practitioners in human-computer interaction and software design will find this state of the art volume invaluable.

Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Information Sciences and Tech, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA

    John M. Carroll

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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