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Participants
Dr Scott
Chase (University of Strathclyde)
Dr Hau Hing Chau (University of Leeds)
Professor Alan de Pennington (Leeds)
Mrs Joanne de
Pennington (Leeds)
Ms Jessica Diniz (Leeds)
Dr Jose Duarte
(Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa)
Professor Chris Earl
(Open University)
Mr Christopher
Ertelt (TU Munchen)
Dr Steve Garner (Open University)
Dr Sean Hannah (UCL)
Mr Kevan Haydon
(Solid Solutions)
Professor David Hogg (University of Leeds)
Mr Nick Jinkinson (Motorola UK
Design Centre)
Dr Iestyn Jowers (Leeds)
Dr Sungwoo Lim (University of Strathclyde)
Professor Alison McKay (University of Leeds)
Dr Mine Ozkar (Middle East Technical
University, Ankara)
Mr Gareth Paterson
(Open University)
Dr Richard Powell
(Open University)
Dr Miquel Prats (Open University)
Professor Kirstie
Shea (TU Munchen)
Professor George Stiny (MIT)
Agenda and Presentation Materials
Used:
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Topic
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Presenter
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Slides
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Transcript
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Introduction
to the project and day
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Alison McKay
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Click here
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An
introduction to shape grammars
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George
Stiny
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Click here
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Shape
grammars: impact on design practice
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Jessica
Diniz
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Click here
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Vision
(storyboard) and early findings/results
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Iestyn Jowers
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Click here
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Hands-on
demonstration of software prototype
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Iestyn Jowers
Miquel Prats
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Click here
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Informing
research direction: discussion
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Steve Garner
Iestyn Jowers
Sungwoo Lim
Miquel Prats
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Click here
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Conclusions
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Click here
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Download the software prototype
Software
demonstration
Research directions
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Relationship to the designer
- Model for HCI –
conversational. Designer and computer are more like collaborating peers
than one directing the other
- What might be ideal degrees
of control between the designer and the shape synthesis system, for
example, with respect to the stage of the product development process or
where the designer is in a design episode
- How might what designers do
change? For example, might they start defining rules as well as shapes?
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Relationship to designing
- What roles might a fully
developed shape synthesis system have?
- How might such a tool be
incorporated into design activities?
- Provoking / prompting
designers with paths ahead
- Supporting new kinds of
collaborative working, for example, sharing rules or design influences
that are the rules rather than designs
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Software enhancements
- user interface always a big
issue! Possibly one aspect of future work; establish guidelines for UI
design?
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Hybrid designs (e.g. 'landrover-ness' of a kettle)
- What are the
attributes/essesnce/features/'ness' of a design...
- ...and how can a system
recognise them without a pure subshape recognition (I suppose this has a
little bit to do with feature recognition)?
- How can a system handle the
merging of (features of) two designs?
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