Theoretical And Practical Thoughts On The Interplay Of Patterns And Creativity

While patterns are valuable tools for building on settled knowledge and thereby reducing the risk of failure, they also limit the freedom of creativity in design. After reflecting on the being behind actual being which highlights the need for an utopian component in design practice, we will reflect on how the spirit of an utopian thinking can be linked with traditional design activities. As a result, we propose a process scaffold that allows practitioners to switch between the two design approaches: rational design and creative and performative design. As a sample domain, we look at HCI patterns. But in general, the ideas presented in this paper should not be limited to this kind of patterns.