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Design, Learning, and Innovation. 7th EAI International Conference, DLI 2022, Faro, Portugal, November 21-22, 2022, Proceedings

Research Article

Purposeful Prototyping with Children to Generate Design Ideas

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-031-31392-9_7,
        author={Annie Aggarwal and Mathieu Gielen},
        title={Purposeful Prototyping with Children to Generate Design Ideas},
        proceedings={Design, Learning, and Innovation. 7th EAI International Conference, DLI 2022, Faro, Portugal, November 21-22, 2022, Proceedings},
        proceedings_a={DLI},
        year={2023},
        month={4},
        keywords={Prototyping Children Ideation},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-031-31392-9_7}
    }
    
  • Annie Aggarwal
    Mathieu Gielen
    Year: 2023
    Purposeful Prototyping with Children to Generate Design Ideas
    DLI
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-31392-9_7
Annie Aggarwal1,*, Mathieu Gielen1
  • 1: TU Delft, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering
*Contact email: annie.aggarwal17@gmail.com

Abstract

Prototyping to generate ideas, as part of the design process offers various learning opportunities to sharpen young novice designers’ design and making skills. This study situates itself within the landscape of Makerspaces and co-design with children as emerging opportunities of learning and skill building for children. From experiences of co-design with children it is often observed that children engage with outcome and object-focused model making or plain crafting with no intent of iterative prototyping for ideation. This paper describes the case of design prototyping sessions conducted with children aged 8–11 years old as a classroom activity. The sessions were investigated and analysed to reveal enablers and limitations to purposeful prototyping with children. Defining and contextualising the design problem with the children, the variety of prototyping materials for flexible building, interpretation and expression, and mid-prototyping discussions were all found supportive to children’s purposeful prototyping.

Keywords
Prototyping Children Ideation
Published
2023-04-30
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31392-9_7
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