Abstract
Well-designed workspaces have the potential to enhance a designer’s creativity if the designer knows how to make effective use of that space. ‘Metacognition’ refers to the monitoring and control of one’s thought process and could provide a theoretical basis for understanding designer-environment interactions. However, there is a lack of theory at the intersection of metacognition and workspaces. Here, we adapt Lebuda and Benedek’s Systematic Framework of Creative Metacognition to the topic of designers and creative spaces. Using this framework and empirical research about creative metacognition, we (i) identify two roles for metacognitive processing in the context of creative spaces, (ii) propose methods for measuring the metacognitive processing, and (iii) identify training and spatial interventions that have the potential to enhance metacognition and creative performance. This provides a launchpad for empirical research about the relationship between designers and their workplaces.
Keywords
creativity; workspaces; metacognition; theory building
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.926
Citation
McTeague, C., and Thoring, K. (2024) Creative workspaces and designer metacognition: A framework, measures, and interventions, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.926
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Creative workspaces and designer metacognition: A framework, measures, and interventions
Well-designed workspaces have the potential to enhance a designer’s creativity if the designer knows how to make effective use of that space. ‘Metacognition’ refers to the monitoring and control of one’s thought process and could provide a theoretical basis for understanding designer-environment interactions. However, there is a lack of theory at the intersection of metacognition and workspaces. Here, we adapt Lebuda and Benedek’s Systematic Framework of Creative Metacognition to the topic of designers and creative spaces. Using this framework and empirical research about creative metacognition, we (i) identify two roles for metacognitive processing in the context of creative spaces, (ii) propose methods for measuring the metacognitive processing, and (iii) identify training and spatial interventions that have the potential to enhance metacognition and creative performance. This provides a launchpad for empirical research about the relationship between designers and their workplaces.