The Role Of Drawing/Visualization In The Digital Design Process
Ewan Steel · 2006
This paper examines the role of drawing/visualization in the digital design process, focusing on the part it has to play in enabling creative group thinking in the development of interactive multimedia. In the context of this discussion, interactive multimedia is defined as digital media that intends the user to have an aesthetic experience in interaction. The design of interactive multimedia is a synthesis between programming and digital design/aesthetics; this paper seeks to explore the cognitive processes that generate and interpret drawings that are part of the development of this synthesis. This paper will examine and analyze the differences between the creative/cognitive thinking of visual designers and programmers. It seeks to establish a common creative approach to the design of interactive multimedia and make this approach concrete as visual symbol. This paper will make a contribution to establishing a paradigm of digital design practice and education that uses experiments and exercises in drawing/visualization as a fundamental creative activity and means of communication.