@inproceedings{77e7e832192b4416954da8f44fad619d,
title = "Manual sketching: why is it still relevant? Revisited",
abstract = "In 2009, Goldschmidt explored the role of sketching within the emerging landscape of digital drawing tools and Computer Aided Design (CAD), concluding that manual sketching remained fundamentally important. In 2025, this question demands renewed attention: In an era of smartphones, the Internet of Things (IoT), and a Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) goldrush, images can be created instantly from text or speech. So is manual sketching still relevant in the face of automated creative output? Does it retain an irreplaceable quality? Or is a new hybridity emerging? Is it na{\"i}ve-or even irresponsible-to ignore the digital transformation shaping creative practice today? And what costs come with this transformation? Based on preliminary results from two recent case studies, we reflect on this, examining the evolving role of sketching for practitioners, researchers, and students, illuminating how we choose to navigate the complex intersection of human creativity and machine generation.",
keywords = "GAI, sketching, UX",
author = "Miriam Sturdee and Makayla Lewis and Denise Lengyel",
year = "2026",
month = apr,
day = "13",
doi = "10.1145/3772363.3798339",
language = "English",
series = "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings ",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery ",
editor = "Nuria Oliver and Shamma, \{David A.\} and Heloisa Candello and Pablo Cesar and Pedro Lopes and Valentino Artizzu and Fiona Draxler and Gustavo Lopez and Reinschluessel, \{Anke V.\} and Xin Tong and \{Toups Dugas\}, \{Phoebe O.\}",
booktitle = "CHI EA '26",
address = "United States",
note = "CHI 2026: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ; Conference date: 13-04-2026 Through 17-04-2026",
}