Does Cognitive Expertise in Design Exist? Implications for Design Education

• In Event: Expertise and Complex Decision Making

Abstract

Design education exists to prepare students for design practice. Yet the goal state, design expertise, remains poorly defined. This paper presents a critical cross disciplinary literature synthesizing literature across design, engineering, expertise, creativity, and new evidence from a cognitive task analysis of expert designers to explore critical issues of design expertise. Implications for design education are also explored.

Authors

• Sarah Urquhart, Utah State University

• Joana Franco, Utah State University