Metaphorical Thinking in Stage Design

Abstract “Metaphorical thinking” is a strategy which helps designers to understand unfamiliar esign problems and to adapt them to familiar conditions. This approach, which has been a prevalent one in recent years, is very effective to promote the stage designer’s thinking and creativity and developing a schema. This research is adjusted for the purpose of ssessing the functions of metaphor, focusing on stage design creativity. Overall, this paper is an applied research conducted by using descriptive and analytical methods. To conduct the theoretical bases of the research, while developing definite frameworks in defining metaphor related to the problem and solution context, the effect of metaphor on stage design is provided methodically and with classification and valuation of etaphors using case studies. The findings indicate that metaphorical stage design, by means of play analysis and design problems investigation, and creative search process, has a unique role in performance innovation and creativity.