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Visible ideas: Information patterns of conceptual sketch activity. / McGown, Alistair; Green, Graham; Rodgers, Paul A.
In: Design Studies, Vol. 19, No. 4, 01.10.1998, p. 431-453.

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McGown A, Green G, Rodgers PA. Visible ideas: Information patterns of conceptual sketch activity. Design Studies. 1998 Oct 1;19(4):431-453. doi: 10.1016/S0142-694X(98)00013-1

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McGown, Alistair ; Green, Graham ; Rodgers, Paul A. / Visible ideas : Information patterns of conceptual sketch activity. In: Design Studies. 1998 ; Vol. 19, No. 4. pp. 431-453.

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