Situated Redesign in Creative Occupations – An Ethnography of Architects

Interest in creativity and innovation has skyrocketed in the past few decades, yet relatively few researchers have paid attention to what happens after an idea is generated. Drawing on an ethnography of architects, we examine their day-to-day activities as they respond to unanticipated constraints, especially those that occur after they have settled on a unique design. In doing so, we find that architects spend a large portion of their time...