Purpose Serendipity is an interesting phenomenon to study in information science as it plays
a fundamental–but perhaps underestimated–role in how we discover, explore, and learn in …

The objective of this study is to position speculative fiction as a broader framework to
stimulate, facilitate, and study engineering design ideation. For this, we first present a …

Chance, luck, and good fortune are the usual go-to descriptors of serendipity, a
phenomenon aptly often coupled with famous anecdotes of accidental discoveries in …

In-person user studies show that designers draw inspiration by looking at their peers' work
while sketching. To recreate this behavior in a virtual environment, we developed Sketchy, a …

Mind map** is a popular way to explore a design space in creative thinking exercises,
allowing users to form associations between concepts. Yet, most existing digital tools for …

Many recommendation systems traditionally focus on improving accuracy, while other
aspects of recommendation quality are often overlooked, such as serendipity. Intuitively, a …

Emerging practices of using 'off the shelf'AI as a creative partner in design processes are
receiving increasing attention in design research. This paper takes the well-known concept …

We present DrawFromDrawings, an interactive drawing system that provides users with
visual feedback for assistance in 2D drawing using a database of sketch images. Following …

In early stages of creative processes, practitioners externalize and combine inspirational
materials, using strategies such as mood board creation to achieve a desired vision and …

We present RealFusion, an interactive workflow that supports early stage design ideation in
a digital 3D medium. RealFusion is inspired by the practice of found-object-art, wherein new …