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Uninhibited Ideation: Childhood Games as Design Methods
Author Info
Nestok, Bennett R
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8721-7039
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459438342
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2016, MDES, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Design.
Abstract
This thesis investigates childlike thinking as a means toward creative practice through researching literature, constructing a set of original childlike thinking design methods, and testing these methods using burgeoning design practitioners. Scientific studies show that creativity wanes with age. This thesis indicates which phase within the design process benefits most from creative thinking, positing that childlike thinking can increase creative thinking through molding childhood games (e.g., Musical Chairs) into design ideation games. Five main creativity criteria are used to measure the outcomes of the game testing, and in the end the experimental group (who played design ideation games) is proven more creative than the control group (who did not play games). Both groups report how they would label their thinking throughout the design ideation process. The game-playing group's self-labeling proves more creative than the non-game-playing group. Ultimately, the results indicate that game-playing during the design ideation phase produces about 170% more ideas. This thesis concludes with thoughts on further studies regarding the facilitation of creative childlike thinking.
Committee
Emily Verba, M.F.A. (Committee Chair)
Dennis Puhalla, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
62 p.
Subject Headings
Design
Keywords
childlike creativity
;
childhood games
;
childlike thinking
;
creativity
;
design methods
;
design process
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Nestok, B. R. (2016).
Uninhibited Ideation: Childhood Games as Design Methods
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459438342
APA Style (7th edition)
Nestok, Bennett.
Uninhibited Ideation: Childhood Games as Design Methods.
2016. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459438342.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Nestok, Bennett. "Uninhibited Ideation: Childhood Games as Design Methods." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459438342
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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