Abductive Thinking and Sensemaking: The Drivers of Design Synthesis

January 01 2010 Abductive Thinking and Sensemaking: The Drivers of Design Synthesis Jon Kolko Jon Kolko Jon Kolko is an Associate Creative Director at frog design, where he manages complicated technological constraints in order to best solve the problems of Fortune 500 clients. Prior to frog, Kolko was a Professor of Interaction and Industrial Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he was instrumental in shaping the Interaction and Industrial Design programs. He is the author of the text Thoughts on Interaction Design, published by Morgan Kaufmann, and the forthcoming text Exposing the Magic of Design: A Practitioner's Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis, to be published by Oxford University Press. Kolko sits on the Board of Directors for the Interaction Design Association (IDA). Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Jon Kolko Jon Kolko is an Associate Creative Director at frog design, where he manages complicated technological constraints in order to best solve the problems of Fortune 500 clients. Prior to frog, Kolko was a Professor of Interaction and Industrial Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he was instrumental in shaping the Interaction and Industrial Design programs. He is the author of the text Thoughts on Interaction Design, published by Morgan Kaufmann, and the forthcoming text Exposing the Magic of Design: A Practitioner's Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis, to be published by Oxford University Press. Kolko sits on the Board of Directors for the Interaction Design Association (IDA). Online Issn: 1531-4790 Print Issn: 0747-9360 © 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2009 Design Issues (2010) 26 (1): 15–28. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi.2010.26.1.15 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures Abductive Thinking and Sensemaking: The Drivers of Design Synthesis. Design Issues 2010; 26 (1): 15–28. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/desi.2010.26.1.15 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsDesign Issues Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2009 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.