@inproceedings{75fd28547d7e444199bdd6a10b9ca9e8,
title = "Design briefs in creativity studies",
abstract = "This paper examines recent experimental studies of early conceptual design identifying a broad diversity of research practices. A high variance is revealed across 75 recent studies from leading design journals on how the design briefs are presented to participants, participants{\textquoteright} number and experience, and the time allocated for ideation. These divergent practices may impact the validity of experimental studies. Three indicators are proposed here to assist researchers to prepare design briefs: polysemy, innovation, and communication. An experimental design canvas is presented and illustrated to structure the design of experiments. The paper closes with recommendations to assist in the synthesis of design briefs.",
keywords = "Brainstorming, Design briefs, Ideation, Research methods",
author = "R. Sosa and Vasconcelos, {L. A.} and Cardoso, {C. C.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Design Society. All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; 5th International Conference on Design Creativity, ICDC 2018 ; Conference date: 31-01-2018 Through 02-02-2018",
year = "2018",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED",
publisher = "Design Society",
editor = "Elies Dekoninck and Andrew Wodehouse and Chris Snider and Georgi Georgiev and Gaetano Cascini",
booktitle = "ICDC 2018 - The Fifth International Conference on Design Creativity",
}