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  • Design Thinking
  • Creativity Studies

Background:

  • Designers require creative and contextually relevant products.
  • Existing persona methods may lack dynamic user engagement.
  • The need for innovative tools to support creative design processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and evaluate a novel dynamic persona method for creative design.
  • To compare the effectiveness of dynamic personas against traditional static personas.
  • To assess the impact of interactive user avatars on design creativity.

Main Methods:

  • An experimental study involving 102 participants performing a creative design task.
  • Comparison between a dynamic persona method (interactive avatars in virtual space) and a static persona method.
  • Real-time interaction with a virtual avatar representing a future user.

Main Results:

  • Statistical differences were observed between the dynamic and static persona methods.
  • The dynamic persona method demonstrated significant advantages over the static persona method.
  • Participants using dynamic personas showed enhanced creative design outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • Dynamic personas offer a superior approach to supporting creative design compared to static personas.
  • The interactive nature of dynamic personas enhances user engagement and design effectiveness.
  • Further research is needed to explore the application and refinement of dynamic personas in real-world settings.