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SBetching is an essential thinBing tool for designers throughout the design process in individual and team settings (see for example Ullman, Wood, & Craig, 1990; Arnhem, 1993; Goel, 1995; McGown, Green & Rodgers, 1998; Van Der Lugt, 2005; Menezes, Gerais & Lawson, 2006). SBetching is traditionally viewed as a fundamental conceptual tool mainly during the early stages of the design process (Fish & Scrivener, 1990). SBetching can also act as a form of recording memories of a specific tasB for designers (Thoring, Desmet & BadBeYSchaub, 2018). In design teams, sBetching facilitates the formulation and framing of the design problem as well as the solution exploration in terms of function and form (Goldschmidt, 1991; Van Der Lugt, 2002).

WorBing in a team requires designers to articulate their mental models of problem and solution spaces. Nevertheless, these mental models are usually not formulated upstream in the design process, which contributes to difficulties in term of common understanding. This communication tasB is considerably demanding in interdisciplinary groups which demonstrate various perspectives. The distinction in languages, objectives, and other cultural elements can contribute to different perspectives that need to be addressed (Smulders, Lousberg & Dorst, 2008). Moreover, when designers communicate, their verbal explanations are supported by visual representations and vice versa (CiBis & IpeB EB, 2010). Nevertheless, understanding of conversation between verbal communication and sBetching is minimal.