Sharing Mental Imagery in Collaborative Design


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Creator/Artist: Darshan Rathod

Category: Product Design

Document: Special Project

Batch: 2002-2004

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  1999-2008

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. U. A. Athavankar


Detailed Description

The focus of the research started with the goal of understanding mental imagery in the field of design. Several questions related to the nature and role of imagery in design have been a focus of research. Some questions asked are whether creativity depends on imagery or whether discoveries can be made in imagery. This experiment is a continuation of the studies of mental imagery in the architectural design process. The earlier experiments attempted to study the nature of mental imagery in the mind of the architect during the design process and the subsequent sharing of the same with a co-architect. In this experiment, the focus would be on the issues that arise in a team while sharing mental imagery.