Remote Synchronous Collaboration in Industrial Design Teams

Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-981-9212-46-0
Verlag: Springer Verlag, Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 291 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Design Science and Innovation

This book presents a comprehensive study of the real-time digital interactions of industrial design teams engaged in remote and real-time collaborative design during the conceptual phase of design. The interaction mechanisms provided by digital applications shape the nature of communication of designers during remote collaboration. This presents a challenge for collaborating designers to ideate during the early stages of design without hampering the natural fluency and fluidity of their cognitive processes.

Based on empirical investigations, the book provides an understanding of remote synchronous collaborative design processes of remote design teams. It introduces a new research method, a new taxonomy, and a coding scheme to analyse and describe the multi-modal interactions of designers during remote synchronous collaborative design sessions, as well as new indices to evaluate these interactions. Together, these act as tools for advancing research in remote collaborative design. The book also presents two intelligent models for predicting early-stage design phases during remote synchronous collaboration. These intelligent models support remote collaborative design processes to augment human abilities and can transform the design of digital applications and the design profession, which is now conducted almost entirely in digital environments.

The book can be a valuable resource for design researchers in this field, as well as user researchers and makers of remote collaboration software applications for designers. It can also be referred to as a textbook for remote design collaboration at the post-graduate level.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chandran, Kumari Moothedath

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Konstruktionslehre und -technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- early stages of design and communication.- state of the art in collaborative design.- interviews and pilot studies with designers.- a taxonomy for remote collaborative design.- describing coded data.- analysis.- synchroneity studies.- etc.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Kumari Moothedath Chandran is an Assistant Professor in Product Design & Innovation at the Department of Design Innovation, Maynooth University (National University of Ireland Maynooth). She is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, and the founder of OctoPii AI, a startup developing AI-enabled smart learning technologies. For over eight years, Dr. Kumari served as the Program Manager and Research Scientist of the National Design Innovation Network and the Design Innovation Centre projects at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, housed at the Department of Design and Manufacturing. She received her PhD and MDes in Product Design & Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, an MPhil in Environmental Design in Architecture from the University of Cambridge, and a five-year professional Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Anna University, India.  Her areas of expertise in practice include, design of digital products, design for government, and design for STEM education. Her research interests are in remote design collaboration and education, AI in design and design process, and sustainable and regenerative manufacturing.