The Ideation Compass: supporting interdisciplinary creative dialogues with real time visualization. Issue 2 (3rd April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Välk, Sander; Thabsuwan, Chitipat; Mougenot, Céline
• Is Part Of: International journal of design creativity and innovation. Volume 11:Issue 2(2023)
• Page Start: 99
• Page End: 116
• Publication Date: 2023-04-03
• Subjects: Collaborative creativity -- computational creativity -- concept generation -- creative cognition -- idea generation -- interdisciplinary ideation; Design -- 21st century -- Periodicals; Design; 620.0042
• DOI: 10.1080/21650349.2022.2142674
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2165-0357

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study presents the potential of live topic visualization in supporting creative dialogs during remote idea generation. We developed a novel Creativity Support Tool (CST) to explore the effects of the live topic visualization. The tool emphasizes the interdisciplinary knowledge background of participants. Using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and topic modeling, the tool provides users with a live visual mapping of the domains and topics being orally discussed. To understand the tool's user perceived effects, we conducted evaluation sessions and interviews with participants (N = 10) from two different disciplinary backgrounds: design and bioscience. The findings show that live visualization of domains and topics supported self-reflection during individual and collaborative creativity and encouraged a balanced discussion, which can mitigate discipline-based fixation in ideation.