We explore why and how designers move sticky notes by conducting a visuospatial analysis of sticky note moves as they unfold across time in design practice. We find that individual sticky note moves have a relatively stable sequential order containing strategies for directing and maintaining shared attention. Further, three kinds of sticky note movements are found pertaining to the formation of associations, categories, and partial solution structures. Moving sticky notes provides support for conceptual design centrally through attending to the proximity between notes across time in gesture and placement. Proximity serves as a marker of associative strength and category centrality, and also plays a key role in the structural build-up of relationships between objects.

我们通过对在设计实践中随时间展开的便签移动进行视觉空间分析来探索设计师移动便签的原因和方式。我们发现单个便签移动具有相对稳定的顺序，包含用于引导和保持共享注意力的策略。此外，还发现了三种与关联、类别和部分解决方案结构的形成有关的便签运动。移动便签通过在手势和位置上跨时间处理笔记之间的接近度来集中支持概念设计。邻近性是关联强度和类别中心性的标志，并且在对象之间关系的结构构建中也起着关键作用。