Roles of externalisation activities in the design process

Maral Babapour Chafi

doi:10.3384/svid.2000-964X.14134

Authors

Maral Babapour Chafi Department of Product and Production Development, Division Design & Human Factors; Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3384/svid.2000-964X.14134

Keywords:

Design activities, External representations, Sketching, Physical and digital modelling

Abstract

Designers engage in various activities, dealing with different materials and media to externalise and represent their form ideas. This paper presents a review of design research literature regarding externalisation activities in design process: sketching, building physical models and digital modelling. The aim has been to review research on the roles of media and representations in design processes, and highlight knowledge gaps and questions for future research.

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