Abstract
Design education is interdisciplinary in its nature, yet how to facilitate productive and authentic design processes that encourage creative collaboration within a heterogenous group needs further investigation as well as empirical evidence. This study first reviews existing frameworks and the educational factors that affect its creativity and productivity; then constructs a framework for organizing interdiscplinary workshop aimed at leveraging collective creativity through the theme of multi-modal book design for children. Qualitative empirical data was collected and analyzed in accordance to the framework. Finally, we present principals and elements for consideration when conducting an interdisciplinary approaches to design experience that foster creative collaboration by using a combination of inductive and deductive approaches.
Keywords
Interdisciplinary design; Creative Collaboration; Educational Elements; Workshop
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.550
Citation
Zha, S., Zhao, D., Li, M., Gong, W., Hu, Q.,and Li, Z.(2023) An interdisciplinary design framework for creative collaboration, in De Sainz Molestina, D., Galluzzo, L., Rizzo, F., Spallazzo, D. (eds.), IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, 9-13 October, Milan, Italy. https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.550
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An interdisciplinary design framework for creative collaboration
Design education is interdisciplinary in its nature, yet how to facilitate productive and authentic design processes that encourage creative collaboration within a heterogenous group needs further investigation as well as empirical evidence. This study first reviews existing frameworks and the educational factors that affect its creativity and productivity; then constructs a framework for organizing interdiscplinary workshop aimed at leveraging collective creativity through the theme of multi-modal book design for children. Qualitative empirical data was collected and analyzed in accordance to the framework. Finally, we present principals and elements for consideration when conducting an interdisciplinary approaches to design experience that foster creative collaboration by using a combination of inductive and deductive approaches.