TY - JOUR
T1 - Surprises are the benefits
T2 - Reframing in multidisciplinary design teams
AU - Stompff, Guido
AU - Smulders, Frido
AU - Henze, Lilian
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This paper explores the social dimension of collaborative design from the perspective of Schön's reflective practice. An in-depth video protocol study was performed on the reflective practice in an experienced design team. It looks, in particular, at reframing: the process to find a new productive frame for subsequent activities. Reframing processes are amplified in a social context, requiring considerable time and effort on the part of design teams. Reframing has distinctive features that set it apart from other steps of reflective practice. Two iterative stages are discerned: sensemaking, to reconstruct prior operating frames; and future framing, to design a frame for future activities. Surprises incite reframing, and we argue that surprises are a source for team learning and innovation.
AB - This paper explores the social dimension of collaborative design from the perspective of Schön's reflective practice. An in-depth video protocol study was performed on the reflective practice in an experienced design team. It looks, in particular, at reframing: the process to find a new productive frame for subsequent activities. Reframing processes are amplified in a social context, requiring considerable time and effort on the part of design teams. Reframing has distinctive features that set it apart from other steps of reflective practice. Two iterative stages are discerned: sensemaking, to reconstruct prior operating frames; and future framing, to design a frame for future activities. Surprises incite reframing, and we argue that surprises are a source for team learning and innovation.
KW - collaborative design
KW - design practice
KW - framing
KW - multidisciplinary design teams
KW - reflective practice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84994713420&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.destud.2016.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.destud.2016.09.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84994713420
SN - 0142-694X
VL - 47
SP - 187
EP - 214
JO - Design Studies
JF - Design Studies
ER -