Knowledge Base Repository
In addition to research papers, the Design Society is developing several valuable resources for those interested in the study of design. These include a repository of PhD theses, a library of case studies and transcripts of design activities, and an archive of our newsletters. Please note that these resources are accessible exclusively to Design Society members.
Creativity in craft led design: the Tools are the rules
MacLachlan, L.; Earl, C.; Eckert, C.
Type:
Year:
2012
Editor:
Duffy, A.; Nagai, Y.; Taura, T.
Author:
Section:
Education and Practice
Page(s):
317-326
Abstract:
The co-evolution of new forms with specified tools characterises craft led design. Formal views of design and creativity may be characterised by the manipulation of the rules of a knowledge domain. This paper proposes that tools are one form of rules, and the selection, modification and invention of tools corresponds to the definition, transformation and creation of spaces for exploration in accordance with Boden‘s framework of creativity and other accepted creativity literature. Evidence from interviews with designer-makers who work directly with tools demonstrates this phenomenon. Finally the discussion proposes that knowledge from the results of this study could enhance the creativity of designers working in craft-led design by providing an explicit rationalisation of a particular design process of which they may have been previously unaware.
Keywords:
