Design Principles for Tools to Support Creative Thinking

摘要: We have developed a set of “design principles” to guide the development new creativity support tools – that is, enable people express themselves creatively and develop as creative thinkers. Our goal is improved software user interfaces empower users be not only more productive, but innovative. Potential these include other engineers, diverse scientists, product graphic designers, architects, educators, students, many others. Enhanced could effective searching intellectual resources, collaboration among teams, rapid discovery processes. These advanced should also provide potent in hypothesis formation, speedier evaluation alternatives, understanding through visualization, better dissemination results. For endeavors require composition novel artifacts (e.g., computer programs, scientific papers, engineering diagrams, symphonies, artwork), enhanced facilitate exploration prevent unproductive choices, easy backtracking.