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Virtual design hackathons: a data collection framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Tomislav Martinec ,
Filip Valjak ,
Nikola Horvat ,
Mark Goudswaard ,
Daniel Nygård Ege ,
Robert Ballantyne ,
Martin Francis Berg ,
Tobias Glaser ,
Cornelius Grosse  and
Zvonimir Lipšinić
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Tomislav Martinec*
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia
Filip Valjak
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia University of Zagreb Faculty of Architecture, School of Design, Croatia
Nikola Horvat
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia
Mark Goudswaard
Affiliation:
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Daniel Nygård Ege
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Robert Ballantyne
Affiliation:
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Martin Francis Berg
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Tobias Glaser
Affiliation:
University of Rostock, Germany
Cornelius Grosse
Affiliation:
University of Rostock, Germany
Zvonimir Lipšinić
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia
Fanika Lukačević
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Marek S. Lukasiewicz
Affiliation:
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Robert Mašović
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia
Adam McClenaghan
Affiliation:
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Teresa Monti
Affiliation:
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Henrik H. Øvrebø
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Pascal Schmitt
Affiliation:
University of Rostock, Germany
Vegar Stubberud
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Emmanuel TJ Taiwo
Affiliation:
University of Bristol, United Kingdom University of the West of England, United Kingdom
Ana Lisac
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia
*
tomislav.martinec@fsb.unizg.hr

Abstract

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Design hackathons offer a unique research opportunity to study time-pressured collaborative design. At the same time, research on design hackathons faces unique methodological challenges, prompting the exploration of new research approaches. This paper proposes a new data-collection framework that leverages a virtual format of hackathon events and enables a deeper insight into hackathon dynamics. The framework applicability is presented through a case study of the IDEA challenge hackathon, in which different intrusive and non-intrusive data collection approaches were used.

Keywords

design activitiesprocess analysisdesign researchdesign toolscollaborative design

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Design Theory and Research Methods
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 45 - 54
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