Dispelling "design" as the black art of CHI

We discuss the legacy and processes of creative design, and differentiate it from the type of user-centered design commonly found in CHI. We provide an example of this process, and discuss how design practice constitutes an essential mode of inquiry. We argue the complementary nature of creative design and user-centered design practices. Syncretic disciplines shift and drift from their original practice. A key issue is how CHI is to respond to changes in acceptable design practice. A key contribution of this work is an illustrative example showing how designers can communicate their intellectual rigor to the CHI community. Author Keywords Design, Theory, Method, Sketching, Prototyping, Process, User Centered Design, Creative Design. ACM Classification Keywords H.5.2 [Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI)}: User Interfaces---User Centered Design

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Tracee Vetting Wolf, Jennifer Ann Rode, Jeremy B. Sussman, Wendy A. Kellogg
• Keywords: Acceptable Design Practice, CHI 2006, Human Computer Interaction, User Centered Design, User-centered Design Practices