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The Riddle of Design Problem
Malhotra, A.; Poovaiah, R. // 2015
Problem solving is not a uniform activity. Problems are not equivalent, in content, form, or process. Still very less research exists on the nature of design problems children should be solving to ...
The Semiotics Approach to Chinese Kitchen SystemArchitecture Design Base on the Cooking Activity (Members only )
Hu, Fei; Shen, Xipeng; Zhang, Xi // 2015
China cuisine culture also called Chinese food culture is an important part of China culture in the aspect of cooking and leisure. Cultural differences are not only reflected in Chinese food, but ...
THE USE AND VALUE OF DIFFERENT CO-CREATION AND TOOLS IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
Ali, Abu; Liem, Andre // 2015
When company representatives, academics, and design consultants engage in research and practice involving co-creation, it is usually conducted in a business context, driven by consumerism, and ...
THE VALUE OF PROTOTYPES IN THE EARLY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
Isa, Siti Salwa; Liem, Andre; Steinert, Martin // 2015
Prototypes are considered to be efficient tools in engineering design as they help to reveal flaws in ideas and concepts, highlighting problems to be solved. Limited research has been conducted in ...
Three Design Principles for Higher Order Thinking – Ascending Order of Complexity and Descending Order of Response
Mange, P. A.; Adane, V.S.; Nafde, R.R. // 2015
The paper aims at identification of methodical process to bridge disparities between the learning and teaching process of architectural design at architectural schools. This disparity was observed ...
Uncertainty and Decision Making in Product Design: A Fuzzy Approach
Kumar, P.; Tandon, P. // 2015
Design of any product is associated with a number of elements like technical parameters, material properties, functional and geometrical interdependence, etc. A balance between the technical ...
USING IDEA MATERIALIZATION TO ENHANCE DESIGN CREATIVITY
Georgiev, Georgi V.; Taura, Toshiharu // 2015
In this paper, we focused on the advantages of 3D printers to build new creative designs and to make it possible to enhance physical interactions with the design idea that may be able to expand the ...
VISUALISING WORKPLACE DESIGN
Hĺkansson, Anders; Stenberg, Magnus; Öhrling, John Daniel // 2015
Design is a learning process and the use of prototyping activities for the sake of learning increases the design thinking, i.e. the dialogue and feedback on ideas. Hence, representations ranging from ...
WRITING A PHD IN DESIGN AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER - INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN EDUCATION (CASE STUDY TEXTILE ENGINEERING + DESIGN)
Wachs, Marina-Elena // 2015
The structure of European doctoral programs in design with international comparison in cooperation programs is focused on creating a structured program for a PhD in design with international academic ...
"Should I Patent This"?
Howell, Bryan // 2014
This paper addresses the recent legal and cultural evolutions within the United States Intellectual Property system and its impact on Industrial Design students. It reviews how the United States ...
1 Shade of Grey:Simplify to Excel in Sketching for IndustrialDesign Engineers
Daniel, John // 2014
Sketching is a fast way to explore or communicate ideas and can be done instantly with almost no planning. Sketches are quick, dynamic and iterative. They can be made in many ways but are ...
3D CAD and Mental Scaling in the Product Design Process: Exploring the Creativity Potential in Design Education
Harald, Skulberg // 2014
This paper explores the potential of using technology as a tool for creativity in design education. The gap between research and practice in the design field requires a stronger emphasis on research ...
3D Printing: Improving Creativity and Digital-to-Physical Relationships in CAD Teaching
Barrie, Jeff // 2014
Some undergraduate design and engineering students can struggle with many of the abstract concepts of producing a CAD (Computer Aided Design) model. Features often have to be formed linearly and ...
A Design Process for Creative Technology
Mader (1), Angelika; Eggink (2), Wouter // 2014
Creative Technology is a new bachelor programme at the University of Twente. Goal of Creative Technology is to design products and applications that improve the quality of daily life in its manifold ...
A New Consumerism: The Influence of Social Technologies on Product Design
de Vere, Ian // 2014
Social media has enabled a new style of consumerism. Consumers are no longer passive recipients; instead they are assuming active and participatory roles in product design and production, facilitated ...
A PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL JOURNEY INTO THE DESIGN PROCESS
Canina, M.; Anselmi, L.; Coccioni, E.; Fattorossi, M. // 2014
The IDEACtivity Center research team focuses on the synergy between various creativity techniques and the typical tools employed by Design. As a result a method and supporting toolkit have been ...
A STUDY OF CREATIVE BEHAVIOUR IN THE EARLY AND LATE STAGE DESIGN PROCESS
Snider ,C.M.; Dekoninck ,E.A.; Culley ,S.J. // 2014
While the study of creative behaviour is important within design research, there has to date been little study of that within later-stage design; an issue due to its inherent differences to early ...
A Traditional Approach to 3D Printing
Lindley, Julian; Adams, Richard; Beaufoy, John; McGonigal, Stephen // 2014
Since the 1980’s Industrial Design has developed beyond the remit of the traditional realisation of the object or product. Design is seen as a user-centred problem identification and solution ...
An Overview of Design Cognition between Experts and Novices
James Tan Jun Yuan, Kuan Yoke Kong, Hashina Parveen, Huang Zhixiang, Ganeshkumar Rajasekaran, Jitendra Kumar Behera, Roozbeh Sanaei, Kevin N. Otto, Katja H // 2014
Experimental studies in design are often done using novice design engineers such as students as test subjects. In this paper, we attempt to determine differences in cognition skills between expert ...
Analogies to Succeed: Applications to a Service Design Problem
Moreno, Diana P.; Yang, Maria C.; Blessing, Lucienne; Wood, Kristin L. // 2014
This study aims to expand current understanding of ideation methods and its transferability from product design domain to service design domain. It applies two Design-by-Analogy (DbA) ideation ...
Collaborative Innovation: A Study of Creative Teamwork in Offshore Industry and in Design Education
Pavel, Nenad; Berg // 2014
Entrepreneurship is identified as a key activity to creating value to society as well as the successful adaption of the products and services to users’ lives. This is why entrepreneurship as concept ...
CONCEPTIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: INSIGHTS FROM DESIGN THEORY
Kazakci ,A.O. // 2014
Can design research help AI? Design involves possibly the richest forms of reasoning, providing a privileged context for the study of intelligence. Yet, AI models are often used to describe design, ...
Creativity Awareness in Engineering Schools in Asia
Sosa, Ricardo; Wang, Poon King // 2014
Since definitions of creativity and innovation abound, it is far from trivial to understand the present and future potential of Asian engineering to be recognised as a source of creativity and ...
Creativity for a New Era
Kretschmer, Markus // 2014
Increasingly, sustainability turns out to be a key factor for the success of our product culture. However, as a consequence of globally changing conditions - such as shortages of raw material ...