Research on design idea generation support through design practice
Year: 2013
Editor: Udo Lindemann, Srinivasan V, Yong Se Kim, Sang Won Lee, John Clarkson, Gaetano Cascini
Author: Murakami, Tamotsu; Higashihara, Shota; Fukuda, Takamasa; Ueda, Kazutaka
Series: ICED
Institution: University of Tokyo, Japan
Page(s): 305-314
ISBN: 978-1-904670-52-0
ISSN: 2220-4334
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to propose a method and a computational tool to support designer/engineersâ idea generation so that they can find or discern potential but essential design problems and needs and devise creative and innovative design solutions to solve or meet them. As the first step of study on Design Idea Generation Support (DIGS) software tool which actively DIGS up ideas from designer/engineersâ mind by stimulating their conscious/subconscious memory with word association suggestion, the experiments of word association by students working on design project (1) by heart, (2) by referring concept relationship type information, and (3) using software with computational concept dictionary. Word association by referring concept relationship type information turned out to be effective to increase variety of association link types when the computational dictionary does not always contain ideally rich vocabulary and association links. Word association using software with computational concept dictionary turned out to be effective to obtain associated word which user cannot think of by heart.
Keywords: Idea generation, creativity