SGER Collaborative Research: VisualizeIT - Measuring the Impact of IT-Enabled Concept Generation on Designer Creativity

这个项目从概念生成器中创建和评估新的模型可视化技术，以刺激设计师生成最初不是由设计师或计算机提出的概念。这项技术有望开发出创造性的解决方案，以解决原本无法发现的设计问题。在概念生成阶段实现有效的可视化以增强创意设计的三个挑战是：1)如何将从自动概念生成算法返回的许多概念变体聚集成跨越设计备选空间的可管理的代表性概念集；2)如何向设计者可视地表示选项空间以提高其创造力；以及3)如何测量可视化方案对设计者创造力的影响。这项探索性研究如果成功，将提供机会来改变我们设计产品和系统的方式，以及我们如何引导任何设计师推出创造性的新产品。

This project creates and evaluates new visualization techniques of models from a concept generator to stimulate the designer to generate concepts not originally posed by designer or computer. This technology is expected to enable the development of creative solutions to design problems that would otherwise go undiscovered. The three challenges to achieving effective visualization for enhancing creative design at the concept generation phase are: 1) how to cluster the many concept variants returned from an automated concept generation algorithm into a manageable set of representative concepts that spans the design alternative space; 2) how to visually represent the option space to the designer so that it enhances creativity; and 3) how to measure the impact of the visualization schemes on designer creativity. This exploratory research, if successful, offers the opportunity to transform how we design products and systems and how we guide any designer to a creative new product.