[audiobook] Dancing At the Crossroads: Memory and Mobility in Ireland: 1 (Dance and Performance Studies) by Helena Wulff in Arts-Photography

Description

This book presents linkography; a method for the notation and analysis of the design process. Developed by Gabriela Goldschmidt in an attempt to clarify designing; linkography documents how designers think; generate ideas; put them to the test; and combine them into something meaningful. With linkography; Goldschmidt shows that there is a logic to the creative process -- that it is not; as is often supposed; pure magic. Linkography draws on design practice; protocol analysis; and insights from cognitive psychology. Goldschmidt argues that the generation of ideas (and their inspection and adjustment) evolves over a large number of small steps; which she terms design moves. These combine in a network of moves; and the patterns of links in the networks manifest a "good fit;" or congruence; among the ideas. Goldschmidt explains what parts of the design process can be observed and measured in a linkograph; describing its features and notation conventions. The most significant elements in a linkograph are critical moves; which are particularly rich in links. Goldschmidt presents studies that show the importance of critical moves in design thinking; describes cases that demonstrate linkographys effectiveness in studying the creative process in design (focusing on the good fit); and offers thirteen linkographic studies conducted by other researchers that show the potential of linkography in design thinking research and beyond. Linkography is the first book-length treatment of an approach to design thinking that has already proved influential in the field.