SBM08: Sketch Based Interfaces and Modeling 2008
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Item Supporting Reinterpretation in Computer-Aided Conceptual Design(The Eurographics Association, 2008) Jowers, Iestyn; Prats, Miquel; Lim, Sungwoo; McKay, Alison; Garner, Steve; Chase, Scott; Christine Alvarado and Marie-Paule CaniThis paper presents research that aims to inform the development of computational tools that better support design exploration and idea transformation - key objectives in conceptual design. Analyses of experimental data from two fields - product design and architecture - suggest that the interactions of designers with their sketches can be formalised according to a finite number of generalised shape rules defined within a shape grammar. Such rules can provide a basis for the generation of alternative design concepts and they have informed the development of a prototype shape synthesis system that supports dynamic reinterpretation of shapes in design activity. The notion of sub-shapes' is introduced and the significance of these to perception, recognition and the development of emergent structures is discussed. The paper concludes with some speculation on how such a system might find application in a range of design fields.