―Mediating objects‖ in new industrial cooperative practices: an empirical in situ study

This paper studies new cooperative practices using an “anthropo-based” approach of “mediating objects”. It provides insights into cooperative modalities with draughtsmen and mediating objects‟ potentials as efficient cooperative medium. It suggests considering design tools‟ and representations‟ complementarities instead of maladjustments in order to design cooperative support systems closer to real industrial