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Design Sketching

Design Sketching is a cognitive and representational practice within visual thinking that involves the rapid, iterative creation of informal visual notations to externalize, explore, and communicate design ideas during the early stages of the design process.

355

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19.5K

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789

Authors

279

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2017–2026

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Publications

355

The dialectics of sketching

Gabriela Goldschmidt · Creativity Research Journal · 1991 · 854 citations

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What do architects and students perceive in their design sketches? A protocol analysis

Masaki Suwa, Barbara Tversky · Design Studies · 1997 · 638 citations

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Flexible Sketches and Inflexible Data Bases: Visual Communication, Conscription Devices, and Boundary Objects in Design Engineering

Kathryn Henderson · Science Technology & Human Values · 1991 · 588 citations

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Sketching interfaces: toward more human interface design

James A. Landay, Brad A. Myers · Computer · 2001 · 479 citations

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Amplifying the Mind's Eye: Sketching and Visual Cognition

Jonathan C. Fish, Stephen Scrivener · Leonardo · 1990 · 302 citations

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Authors

789

  1. JL
    Julie Linsey

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    13 publications · 693 citations

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  2. RD
    Randall Davis

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    10 publications · 512 citations

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  3. MC
    Maria C. Yang

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    10 publications · 696 citations

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  4. EY
    Ellen Yi–Luen

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    8 publications · 212 citations

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  5. JS
    John S. Gero

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    8 publications · 297 citations

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Institutions

279

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    43 publications

    2K citations

  2. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    824 citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    9 h-index

    26 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    291 citations

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Venues

  1. Design Studies

    24 publications · 3K citations

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  3. Journal of Mechanical Design

    9 publications · 458 citations

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  4. ACM Transactions on Graphics

    TOG · 8 publications · 927 citations

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  5. The Design Journal

    8 publications · 170 citations

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