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Analysing Language Use in Designing: Practices and Performance
Senthil Chandrasegaran (TU Delft - Industrial Design Engineering)
Lisa Perez Elzey (The University of Edinburgh)
Heng Gu (TU Delft - Industrial Design Engineering)
Nathan Crilly (University of Cambridge)
Terresa Hardaway (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
Vivek Rao (Duke University)
Peter Lloyd (TU Delft - Industrial Design Engineering)
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Abstract
The role of language in designing is manifold, including but not limited to representing all aspects of design, enacting roles in design processes, and establishing shared meaning. With the advent of large language models (LLMs), the role of language has further expanded, affording new ways to perform and represent design. This theme track presents five papers that explore how designers use language and language models. We identify themes that cut across these papers to show how language can be used, constrained, adapted, and supplemented in different stages, processes, and domains of designing.
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