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Ekphrasis as a Basis for a Framework for Creative Design Processes

Authors : Udo Kannengiesser, John S. Gero

Published in: Design Computing and Cognition '18

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This paper introduces the notion of ekphrasis in the arts as a basis for developing a framework of creative designing. Ekphrasis is the transformation of a concept from one medium or domain (e.g. sculpture) to another medium or domain (e.g. music). When used in design, ekphrasis enables the use of new processes afforded within the new domain that can produce new concepts not available in the original domain. We show how five known mechanisms of creative designing—emergence, analogy, combination, mutation and first principles—can be included in a general framework as instantiations of ekphrasis. This framework is developed based on the function–behaviour–structure (FBS) ontology and its application to affordances.

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Metadata
Title
Ekphrasis as a Basis for a Framework for Creative Design Processes
Authors
Udo Kannengiesser
John S. Gero
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Design Computing and Cognition '18

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-05362-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-05363-5

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05363-5_15

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