ABSTRACT

Understanding users is central to design and Human-Computer Interaction, both for researchers and for practitioners, who often conduct user research and communicate its value to stakeholders and clients. Despite its praised relevance, we know little about how user research affects design creativity. Our objective is to establish a foundation for answering this question. We first review empirical findings from related domains and examine how the value of user research is linked to design creativity. We then present a pilot study for a large-scale experimental setup to determine how different levels of user research influence design creativity. Finally, we discern preliminary insights on the relationship and provides recommendations for how future studies may investigate the critical and complex relationship between user research and design creativity.

摘要

对于研究人员和从业人员而言，了解用户是设计和人机交互的核心，他们经常进行用户研究并将其价值传达给利益相关者和客户。尽管它具有相关性，但我们对用户研究如何影响设计创造力知之甚少。我们的目标是为回答这个问题奠定基础。我们首先回顾来自相关领域的经验发现，并研究用户研究的价值如何与设计创造力联系在一起。然后，我们提出了一项针对大型实验装置的试点研究，以确定不同级别的用户研究如何影响设计创造力。最后，