DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCES OF INTERIOR DESIGN STUDENTS IN CREATIVE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

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The aim of this work is assessing the use of digital technology in relation to the creative thinking process in Interior Design education. For this purpose, the effects of digital technologies on the creative design development process in interior design education were examined through student experiences. Fourth grade students (39 people) in Interior Design department of a state university located in the Central Anatolia Region in Turkey are the participants of the study. Identification of participants; being volunteer to attend; taking the basic design / art education, computer-aided design and final interior design project courses. Torrance is an important person who contributes to literacy in the measurement of creativity and in this research open-ended questions were asked to the students according to four elements (fluency, flexibility, originality and enrichment) defined by Torrance's creativity. In the research, phenomenological approach was used from qualitative research methods and data were analyzed by content data analysis. According to the findings, it has been detected that students use digital technologies for research on internet, technical drawings in computer, making 3D visualizations and preparing documents with text-image support. As a results enhance design alternatives, improve the quality of interior design and ease the design intervention are the positive consequences of the use of digital technology. Not to benefit from the positive effects of hand drawing and the use of ready-made materials to destroy the original design are the negative consequences of the use of digital technology.