Co-curator
Martin Porcheron, Andrés Lucero, Joel E. Fischer · 2016
We introduce Co-Curator, a prototype mobile app designed to support collection and sharing of referential sources of inspiration in face-to-face design ideation meetings. The design of the app stems from both ideas of repurposing mobile devices in everyday mundane tasks and existing practice amongst designers to share and collate sources of inspiration during the early stages of collaborative design projects. The findings from a trial show that the app was positively received and that people felt that it supported creating a collection of sources, as well as the task of sharing within design ideation meetings. Furthermore, the trial suggests that the synchronised gesture required to share sources seemingly alleviates the awkwardness arising from public gesture performance. Finally, from the findings we also highlight further considerations that need to be given to better support coordination and focus within these meetings.