Ceci N'est Pas un Drone: Investigating the Impact of Design Representation on Design Decision Making When Using GenAI
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| author | Xu, Zeda Martelaro, Nikolas McComb, Christopher |
| author_facet | Xu, Zeda Martelaro, Nikolas McComb, Christopher |
| contents | With generative AI-powered design tools, designers and engineers can efficiently generate large numbers of design ideas. However, efficient exploration of these ideas requires designers to select a smaller group of potential solutions for further development. Therefore, the ability to judge and evaluate designs is critical for the successful use of generative design tools. Different design representation modalities can potentially affect designers' judgments. This work investigates how different design modalities, including visual rendering, numerical performance data, and a combination of both, affect designers' design selections from AI-generated design concepts for Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles. We found that different design modalities do affect designers' choices. Unexpectedly, we found that providing only numerical design performance data can lead to the best ability to select optimal designs. We also found that participants prefer visually conventional designs with axis-symmetry. The findings of this work provide insights into the interaction between human users and generative design systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Ceci N'est Pas un Drone: Investigating the Impact of Design Representation on Design Decision Making When Using GenAI Xu, Zeda Martelaro, Nikolas McComb, Christopher Human-Computer Interaction With generative AI-powered design tools, designers and engineers can efficiently generate large numbers of design ideas. However, efficient exploration of these ideas requires designers to select a smaller group of potential solutions for further development. Therefore, the ability to judge and evaluate designs is critical for the successful use of generative design tools. Different design representation modalities can potentially affect designers' judgments. This work investigates how different design modalities, including visual rendering, numerical performance data, and a combination of both, affect designers' design selections from AI-generated design concepts for Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles. We found that different design modalities do affect designers' choices. Unexpectedly, we found that providing only numerical design performance data can lead to the best ability to select optimal designs. We also found that participants prefer visually conventional designs with axis-symmetry. The findings of this work provide insights into the interaction between human users and generative design systems. |
| title | Ceci N'est Pas un Drone: Investigating the Impact of Design Representation on Design Decision Making When Using GenAI |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.03131 |