Putting CAOS to the test: using cards as an ideation tool for proposing creative classes

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https://doi.org/10.51358/id.v22i3.1258

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This article focused on tests reports conducted by elementary and high school teachers on a tool designed to help them developing classes that encourage creative thinking in students. It is a set of 32 cards, called CAOS, based on ideation techniques commonly used in Design and related fields. The research is characterized as qualitative and applied. Data collection was carried out through workshops held in educational institutions. As a result, we found the use of the cards promising and identified four different ways of using them to structure and propose creative classes.

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Priscila Zimermann, Federal University of Technology – Paraná

Ph.D. in Design (2024) and an M.A. in Design with an emphasis on Information Systems from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR, 2018). She earned dual bachelor's degrees in Graphic Arts Technology from the Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR, 2005) and in Industrial Design – Visual Communication from UFPR (2005). She also completed postgraduate specializations in Audiovisual Communication at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR, 2009) and in Visual Arts: Culture and Creation at SENAC-PR (2013). She has experience teaching Visual Arts in elementary education (2022–2023) and currently serves as a substitute lecturer in the Graphic Design and Bachelor of Design programs at UTFPR. She also teaches in the postgraduate program in Data Science for Business at PUC Campinas.

Stephania Padovani, Federal University of Paraná

Ph.D. in Cognitive Ergonomics from Loughborough University (2001) and a master’s degree in Design from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1998). Holds bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from the School of Industrial Design at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (1996). She is currently a professor and researcher in the Department of Design at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Her research interests include User-Centered Design (UCD) methods and techniques, as well as Graphic Synthesis Representations (RGS) as cognitive artifacts for teaching and learning.

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2025-12-28

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Zimermann, P., & Padovani, S. (2025). Putting CAOS to the test: using cards as an ideation tool for proposing creative classes. InfoDesign, 22(3). https://doi.org/10.51358/id.v22i3.1258

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Vol. 22 No. 3 (2025): 12th Information Design International Conference

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