Using design paradigms to evaluate the collaborative design process of traditional and digital media

Abstract

This paper provides a quantitative examination of the collaborative design process of traditional and digital media in terms of design paradigms. The representative coding schemes are design prototype and reflection-in-action. 20 sets of protocols are analyzed as the statistical basis. The major result is that the averaged position of Function-Behavior-Structure and the number of mature framing could be used as measurement for the quality of the collaborative design process, opening a new direction for protocol research. © Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2008.