February 2012
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
8h 23m
English
Content preview from Universal Methods of Design
16 Concept Mapping
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SYNTHESIS / ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE
16 Concept Mapping
Concept mapping is a visual framework that allows designers to absorb new concepts into an existing understanding of a domain so that new meaning can be made.1
A concept map is a sense-making tool that connects a large number of ideas, objects, and events as they relate to a certain domain. It provides a scaffolding that can help designers visualize the complexities of a system, and assists them as they make and break connections, study existing connections, and expand on what is already understood but possibly taken for granted within a particular system.
Concept maps consist of individual concepts ...