Abstract
One of the issues that designers face during a conceptual design phase is to get hold of a variety of complex information, which emerges during the design task. This paper presents an approach to support designers in understanding such information including design rationale during and after the conceptual design process. I suggest a representational model, and present a design method to help designers externalize and structure design information based on the model. I have developed the CD-Scenery system based on the method, and conducted a user study to validate the underlying method.
