在創意的過程中，環境的刺激發揮着重要的作用。這樣來說，創意的工作及學習環境是可以幫助設計同學更有效地發揮他們的創意。可是，香港設計同學們家中的工作及學習環境是非常狹窄及不方便的。這樣的環境不能發揮剌激創意的作用。這篇文章分為兩個部份，前半部討論創意環境在設計教育中扮演的重要作用；後半部詳述一項有關香港設計學生的創意環境的研究佈告。文章亦建議採用虛擬環境作為啟發性空間。

Environmental stimulation plays an essential role in facilitating creative thinking. In this case, a creative working and studying environment could possibly facilitate design students’ creative thinking during their design process. However, the working and studying environment of Hong Kong design students are limited and dreadful. It is difficult to establish a heuristic space for enhancing their creativity. This paper is divided into two halves, the first half discusses the importance of environmental factors for creative thinking as well as art and design education; the second half reports the result of a study on the working and studying environment of Hong Kong design students. This paper suggests the virtual environment could be one of the possible ways to create a heuristic shared space for facilitating design students’ creativity.