Description
Design skills are diverse abilities intentionally used by designers to achieve desired goals in specific design scenarios. However, very little is known about how design skills are manifested, expressed or encouraged in a design review conversation. This study uses the multiple intelligence framework to map and analyze design skills of four different review conversations by the interaction between instructor, student and the clients. The findings reveal that consistency and endurance in skill application is more critical than the frequency and duration of skill application for successful design outcomes. Moreover, skill diversity and alignment of student skill-set with instructor and client skill-set is critical to success.
Keywords
Multiple Intelligence, Design Skills, Design Review, Design Process
DOI
10.5703/1288284315937
The Role of Design Skills in Design Review Conversations: An Analysis using the Multiple Intelligence Framework
Design skills are diverse abilities intentionally used by designers to achieve desired goals in specific design scenarios. However, very little is known about how design skills are manifested, expressed or encouraged in a design review conversation. This study uses the multiple intelligence framework to map and analyze design skills of four different review conversations by the interaction between instructor, student and the clients. The findings reveal that consistency and endurance in skill application is more critical than the frequency and duration of skill application for successful design outcomes. Moreover, skill diversity and alignment of student skill-set with instructor and client skill-set is critical to success.
Comments
Conference presentations were developed into a book chapter that was published in “Analyzing Design Review Conversations,” edited by Robin S. Adams and Junaid A. Siddiqui (2016, Purdue University Press), which can be found here:http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/titles/analyzing-design-review-conversations.