Prompt-Engineering

Research: Prompt as Design Material Date: 2026-03-10 Search queries used: “prompt as design material iterative design artifacts practice” “prompt engineering as design craft HCI research” “prompts as artifacts iterative workflow designers AI tools practice CHI” “digital design material concept Löwgren Stolterman reflective design” “Schon reflective practitioner conversation with materials design AI prompting” “prompt engineering tacit knowledge skill creativity design practice CHI 2024 2025” “prompt craft skill designers strategists writing practice iteration AI collaboration 2025” Executive Summary “Prompt as design material” is a framing that treats text prompts not as one-time commands but as iterated, owned, versioned artifacts with craft properties — closer to a sketch or wireframe than to a search query. The framing draws from Donald Schön’s “reflective conversation with …