{"id":176,"date":"2025-05-28T10:08:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T10:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/?p=176"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:41:06","slug":"creating-visuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/creating-visuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Rediscovering Drawing as a Research Practice: Visual Thinking in Design Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Creating visuals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maker-9-June-2025-11.26-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maker-9-June-2025-11.26-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maker-9-June-2025-11.26-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maker-9-June-2025-11.26-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maker-9-June-2025-11.26-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maker-9-June-2025-11.26-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maker-9-June-2025-11.26-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>For many practitioners in design research, creativity is not only a professional tool but also a deeply personal form of expression. However, within the constraints of project deadlines, academic rigor, and institutional demands, practices like drawing and painting\u2014once central to many designers\u2019 identities\u2014often fall dormant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This was my experience as well: having drawn and painted throughout my life, I found myself disconnected from these creative roots. Yet, through the demands and opportunities of a recent research project, I was given both the justification and the motivation to return to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2440-722x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2440-722x1024.png 722w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2440-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2440-768x1089.png 768w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2440-1083x1536.png 1083w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2440-1445x2048.png 1445w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2440-scaled.png 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Loes in de Lente &#8211; Charcoal by Tanja Ubert 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7107-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-292\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mural impression of Pokemon by Tanja Ubert 2003<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"851\" height=\"647\" data-id=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0.png 851w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-768x584.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Study in dry and oil pastels by Tanja Ubert 2000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"948\" data-id=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2479.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2479.png 708w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2479-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kingfish in dry and oil pastel by Tanja Ubert 2001<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the research unfolded, visual communication became not just a stylistic choice but a methodological necessity. The work required clear, effective visuals that could be produced within a limited timeframe. This constraint led me to explore digital drawing as a more efficient way to produce visual materials for participatory tools, such as a board game co-created with people experiencing low literacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>To reawaken my visual skills in a purposeful and structured way, I enrolled in the <em>Draw Your Message<\/em> course, based on Willemien Brand\u2019s methodology of visual thinking. Initially, there was hesitation\u2014years of disuse had dulled both confidence and fluency. However, the course offered more than techniques; it provided a re-entry into a mode of thinking through making. The workbook that followed helped to embed visual thinking as part of my daily design research routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-478b6e6b wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2403-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2403-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2403-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2403-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2403-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2403-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2404-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2404-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2404-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2404-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2404-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2404-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2405-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2405-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2405-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2405-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2405-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2405-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This re-engagement with drawing illustrates a broader shift within design research. As Buchanan (2001) and Manzini (2015) have both argued, the designer\u2019s role is evolving from problem-solver to sense-maker. Visual methods play a crucial role in this evolution: they are not simply illustrative but epistemological\u2014they help us think, not just show. The return to drawing, then, was not an indulgence, but a reactivation of a way of knowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the use of quick, iterative sketches aligned with what Cross (2006) calls \u201cdesignerly ways of knowing\u201d: the ability to explore ambiguity and possibility through making. Visual thinking is a tool for reflection-in-action (Sch\u00f6n, 1983), allowing for faster and more intuitive dialogue between researcher, participant, and idea. In this case, the sketches not only served as communication assets but helped shape the contours of the research questions and co-creation sessions themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What began as a pragmatic response to time pressure ultimately became a reinvigoration of personal and professional identity. Rediscovering drawing through research was not a return to art for art\u2019s sake, but a return to art as inquiry\u2014as an essential component of participatory design, critical reflection, and knowledge production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-478b6e6b wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-6-Speelkaart-taak-663x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-6-Speelkaart-taak-663x1024.png 663w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-6-Speelkaart-taak-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-6-Speelkaart-taak-768x1187.png 768w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-6-Speelkaart-taak-994x1536.png 994w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-6-Speelkaart-taak-1325x2048.png 1325w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-6-Speelkaart-taak-scaled.png 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-7-Speelkaart-taak-663x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-7-Speelkaart-taak-663x1024.png 663w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-7-Speelkaart-taak-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-7-Speelkaart-taak-768x1187.png 768w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-7-Speelkaart-taak-994x1536.png 994w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-7-Speelkaart-taak-1325x2048.png 1325w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-7-Speelkaart-taak-scaled.png 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-15-Speelkaart-vraag-663x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-15-Speelkaart-vraag-663x1024.png 663w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-15-Speelkaart-vraag-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-15-Speelkaart-vraag-768x1187.png 768w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-15-Speelkaart-vraag-994x1536.png 994w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-15-Speelkaart-vraag-1325x2048.png 1325w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-15-Speelkaart-vraag-scaled.png 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-478b6e6b wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-16-Speelkaart-vraag-663x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-16-Speelkaart-vraag-663x1024.png 663w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-16-Speelkaart-vraag-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-16-Speelkaart-vraag-768x1187.png 768w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-16-Speelkaart-vraag-994x1536.png 994w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-16-Speelkaart-vraag-1325x2048.png 1325w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-16-Speelkaart-vraag-scaled.png 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-19-Speelkaart-vraag-663x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-19-Speelkaart-vraag-663x1024.png 663w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-19-Speelkaart-vraag-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-19-Speelkaart-vraag-768x1187.png 768w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-19-Speelkaart-vraag-994x1536.png 994w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-19-Speelkaart-vraag-1325x2048.png 1325w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-19-Speelkaart-vraag-scaled.png 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-55-Speelkaart-actie-663x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-55-Speelkaart-actie-663x1024.png 663w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-55-Speelkaart-actie-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-55-Speelkaart-actie-768x1187.png 768w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-55-Speelkaart-actie-994x1536.png 994w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-55-Speelkaart-actie-1325x2048.png 1325w, https:\/\/masterdesign.ubertconcepts.nl\/livingatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Spelkaarten-Ongeletterdheid-spel-55-Speelkaart-actie-scaled.png 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Buchanan, R., <em>Design Research and the New Learning<\/em>, Design Issues, (2001).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brand, W., <em>Visual Thinking: Empowering People and Organisations through Visual Collaboration<\/em>, BIS Publishers, (2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cross, N., <em>Designerly Ways of Knowing<\/em>, Springer, (2006).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manzini, E., <em>Design, When Everybody Designs: An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation<\/em>, MIT Press, (2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sch\u00f6n, D. A., <em>The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action<\/em>, Basic Books, (1983).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating visuals For many practitioners in design research, creativity is not only a professional tool but also a deeply personal form of expression. However, within the constraints of project deadlines, academic rigor, and institutional demands, practices like drawing and painting\u2014once central to many designers\u2019 identities\u2014often fall dormant. 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