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The Design Tensions Framework

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The Design Tensions Framework
Abstract/Description
This article introduces the notion of design tensions as a paradigm. The concept of design tensions advances design decisions as a focus for analysis and reflection. It admits many paradigms of analysis but emphasizes the balancing of considerations in producing an entire system, emphasizing user or user group experience. This paradigm is presented in relationship to a particular design arena, the design of NetCalc, a system of handheld, wirelessly connected tools for math teaching/learning in classroom settings. Six intertwined project tensions are presented and explored for their technical, social, and cognitive antecedents and consequences, as they play out in relationship to achieving goals and system potential. Design tensions differ from design spaces in that they do not set boundaries or simplify the problem but rather provide a framework for creating a space of relevance.
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Date
11/1/2007
In publication
Human–Computer Interaction
Volume
22
Issue
4
Pages
413-451
Resource type
en
Resource status/form
en
Scholarship genre
en
en
Open access/full-text available
en No
Peer reviewed
en Yes
ISSN
0737-0024
Citation
Tatar, D. (2007). The Design Tensions Framework. Human–Computer Interaction, 22(4), 413–451. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370020701638814

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