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    Design Arguments – an examination of how designers argue for their designs
    (Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, 2012) Stolterman, Erik; Beckwith, Lee; Chang, Wanling; Jiang, Hongyuan; Sulgrove, Alexander; White, Jeremy
    To communicate a design can be seen as consisting of at least two aspects: presentation and argumentation. In our research we have taken on the task of studying how practicing interaction designers approach the challenge of presenting and arguing for their designs. We have chosen to label our object of study, or unit of analysis, a design argument. Based on three studies, we have developed a descriptive framework that can be used to describe, analyze, and compare design arguments. The paper ends with some discussions and reflections concerning the potential relevance, use, and implications of a framework of design arguments.
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    Understanding the “Galakei” Appeal; A Study of Language and Interaction
    (Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, 2012) Beckwith, Lee
    Qualitative research methodologies were used in order to better understand how well currently available mobile phone interfaces are designed to match the way Japanese is thought of by native speakers. A conceptual design is presented at the end as a proposal for how to better design a mobile interface for writing Japanese.