Highlights•Parametric design thinking (PDT) presents a new horizon for research and
practice in design studies.•PDT incorporates disciplinary knowledge, including process …

Abstract Design activities are central to most applied disciplines. Research in design has a
long history in many fields including architecture, engineering, education, psychology, and …

We envision that the next generation of knowledge-based CAD systems will be
characterized by four features: they will be based on cognitive accounts of design, and they …

Abstract Design representation is a common task in the design process to facilitate learning,
analysis, redesign, communication, and other design activities. Traditional representation …

This paper presents a hypothesis about design education that is framed within and derived
from cognitive theories of learning. The relevance of design thinking and cognitive …

Emergence has been widely recognized as a significant phenomenon of visual reasoning in
design. Despite its centrality as a cognitive phenomenon, research in emergence currently …

Highlights•Formulation of the principles for a new representational ecosystem.•The
epistemology and principles of the new paradigm.•Updating Lebahar's Graphical Simulation …

Fixation prevents the associations that are bridges to new designs. The inability to see
alternative solutions, or even to see how to map known solutions onto current problems, is a …

Due to significant recent design-related technological developments, design theories and
processes are undergoing re-formulation and an epistemological shift. The tools and …

Highlights•A multi-experiment study of gesture and sketching across design tasks.•A novel
dual-process theory explanation of design representation.•Identification of match between …