Dialogic ideation

One of the many approaches to design ideation takes the form of dialogue, or interactive communication between two or more designers, or between the designers, clients and users (co-design). The dialogue, or conversation, however, as an experience of human interaction, is rarely just a rational exchange of ideas. More often than not it involves the participants' attitudes, motivations and feelings when faced with, and responding to a given situation or problem as typically articulated in the design brief.. The dialogue, or exchange of first thoughts and ideas, then, creates and presents scenarios or narratives that triggers emotional responses in the stakeholders. Moreover, in AI-facilitated design, the dialogue highlights the role of designers to take responsibility and accept accountability for limiting any negative impact of AI, notably in terms of AI ethics. Additionally, the emotional content in what may called dialogic ideation, may act as a prologue to designing for emotion when, as in, say, product design, the user experience is core.