Progression of color decision making in introductory design education
Date
2017-04Source Title
Color Research and Application
Electronic ISSN
1520-6378
Publisher
Wiley
Volume
42
Issue
6
Pages
849 - 860
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
Color comprises both subjective and objective aspects within its contextual nature. Research on color design tends to explore this seemingly contradictory concerns from theoretical point of view, as well as architectural and design practice. The aim of this study was to observe subjective, intuitive or heuristic and objective, knowledge‐based or analytical attitudes toward color in design education. In the study 84 introductory design students were surveyed progressively to understand their color decision criteria after completion of three 2‐dimensional colored exercises, specific in terms of color education. Students' responses to open‐ended questions were coded according to the 5 categories, under 2 decision making processes derived from the literature; heuristic approach: preferential and symbolic criteria, and analytic reasoning: formal, thematic, and systematic criteria. A distinction between associative and emotional aspects of symbolic criteria was also revealed by the data analysis. The findings showed a shift from heuristic responses to analytic reasoning, as expected. Additionally, it is also investigated that students not only used heuristic approaches but also analytical components (formal and systematic) of color decision making in varying degrees as well, even before any color subjects covered. Thematic color decisions became a major part of the students' design considerations upon completion of color subjects. The observed increase in the number of color criteria interrelated by the students' among almost all categories explicated a complex decision making process particularly in color design and education. These findings were expected to lead to some further understanding in color decision making in design.
Keywords
Basic designColor decision making
Design
Design education
Introductory design education
Color
Concrete pavements
Decision making
Design
Education
Heuristic methods
Knowledge based systems
Analytic reasonings
Decision criterions
Decision making in design
Decision making process
Design considerations
Design Education
Heuristic approach
Open-ended questions
Students
Color
Decision Making
Design
Education
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