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Beyond Divergence: Characterizing Co-exploration Patterns in Collaborative Design Processes
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Exploration is central to the design process, as it fosters creativity and improves design outcomes. Within design teams, exploration becomes co-exploration - a collaborative and dynamic practice that this study examines. We conducted a five-month longitudinal observational study with 61 students across 16 design teams, using weekly diary interviews to trace the dynamics of co-exploration. From this, we developed a four-dimensional framework that identified five distinct patterns of co-exploration activities. Our findings reveal how co-exploration emerges across diverse activities and team interactions, fostering togetherness and keeping design teams openminded. This engagement cultivates collective intelligence and enables teams to share knowledge, build upon each other's ideas, and achieve results that exceed individual contributions. We argue that co-exploration reflects the trajectory of design success and warrants further study. Finally, we provide actionable insights for practitioners seeking to enhance co-exploration in collaborative design.
Keywords:
design collaboration
co-exploration
design process
diary study
interviews
group reflection
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