CONTEXT

Assumption is that if designers are asked with structured prompt, it will influence designers thinking and creativity. Designers do not feel the design is theirs anymore when using AI heavily. We want to see if this can shift away to keeping the main agency as a designer while working with AI. Designers often rely on intuition or habit, lacking nudges to think critically and systemically. Prompt cards to see which prompts really help designers improve their thinking process in design. Findings can help later on to be applied in adaptive personalized AI prompts.

Co design workshop with professional and Educators Test cards with Students and evaluate the card by: Think-aloud protocol, pre/post task comparison, self-reflection logs, observation and video analysis by tracking their behaviors, do they pause more than with or without prompts? prompts and Rubric assessment by practitioners. Designers use different languages. co-design workshop can reveal how the prompt feels What you want to explore by making it,: 

"What do professors and practitioners want future designers to know when designing, what kind of questions do they ask?"

"How will future of design education be different in the future?"

I would like to explore if the prompts really help learn design in critical way, systematic thinking way, and help them keep main agency as a designer. 

This is for design students in higher education or a future designers who will be using Gen AI and Generative AI-integrated application/services in design work.
It is also for design educators to put their voices for future designers. What research question it is supposed to probe.
How might designing a prompt for design application impacts designers' decision and education in design?

PROCESS

STEP 1. The series of prompt cards are designed by categories like "System thinker, Ethical designer, and Critical thinker" Or two series of cards : 1. Constraint Cards. 2. Reflection Cards 
Constraint : Redesign this with only two colors and one shape.

STEP 3.  Prototyping AI chat bots for designers

Critical Thinking Companion Chatbot is A chat-based prototype that acts as a Socratic partner: always asking “why” and “what if.” For example, the student says, "I chose this color palette because it looks modern." then Gen AI chatbot will prompt, "What audiences might not perceive it as modern? How would this look in grayscale for accessibility?"

The prototype  to see how different Gen AI nudges of prompts can guide them toward ethical and inclusive decisions. "How can designing Gen AI nudges prevents “homogenized” AI-generated designs by encouraging originality?" My prototype has to embody the idea that Gen AI isn’t just a tool for efficiency, but a framework for teaching critical, ethical, and creative decision-making in design.