Human-computer ideation

Human-computer interaction, HCI is concerned with the ways humans interact with computers, both hardware and software. Of special interest to design ideation is how computers can help designers generate and communicate ideas, visually or textually, or both, or in model form, such as prototyping (3D printing). In this, ideators need computer competence in visualising ideas - to create visual materials and artefacts as well as to understand the impact of visual materials, including digital imagery, data and information visualisation. In other words, the computer becomes an ideation tool.