2000 年 66 巻 2 号 p. 244-250
This paper proposes a model of design information which can handle situation around designer and verify its validity by means of design experiment. The authors think design process based on a framework of problem solving does not describe explicitly all of design activities. In order to compensate for 'this insufficiency. the authors propose a concept. of focusing process which is clarified by designer's explanation of their problem solving processes. Focusing process is also supposed to be design activities which take a role of extracting information from designer's situation, as well as problem solving process. Based on this concept. design experiments which consist of two sessions are carried out in order to study its structure and characteristics. The authors take advantage of the protocol analysis with the explanation of design activities by means of Q A showing designer the records of design process on video. Results acquired from two different types of designers are reported. Several common and different patterns of process are found out which support the validity of the concept here.