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Degree

Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Industrial, Interior, and Visual Communications Design, 2009.

Abstract

The complexity of today's design problems, the global economy, rate of change in new technologies, the challenges of sustainability development requires diverse design teams, comprised of multiple disciplines as well as multiple cultures, to look at broader and different perspectives and larger scopes of investigation. Due to the multilayered and multifaceted interactions between team members, effective communication and collaboration among people in multidisciplinary design teams becomes critical to ensure a project's success. Research shows that one of the most important aspects of collaboration is effective information sharing,shared knowledge and shared understanding among all team members. Design teams traditionally share information verbally as well as visually through representations such as drawings and sketches, three-dimensional models, project walls, or conceptual maps. Consequently, an important aspect of communication is the role that visual thinking and visual communication practices play in the success of the design team. The exploration and finding of a current frame of reference for creating and utilizing visual tools for communication, capable of serving as a common means of expression for multidisciplinary teams, is the purpose of this thesis research.

Subject Headings

Design

Keywords

Visual collaboration; communication; design process; multidisciplinary teams; visual means

Committee / Advisors

Carolina Gill (Advisor)
Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders (Committee Member)
Wayne Carlson (Committee Member)

Pages

171p.

Document number: osu1230621313
Permalink: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1230621313

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