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ELUCIDATING HERMENEUTIC AND REFLECTIVE DESIGN PRACTICES; IS IT POSSIBLE TO PRESENT A PRESCRIPTIVE PROCESS?
Liem, Andre // 2018
Reference to six modes of design reasoning, this article aims to elucidate designers´ hermeneutic and reflective ways of thinking. It seeks to answer whether it is possible to present a prescribed ...
ENHANCING CREATIVE PERFORMANCE IN WORK ENVIRONMENTS
Sepideh Yekanialibeiglou, Halime Demirkan // 2018
The aim of this study is to determine the impact of employees’ creative personality, physical work environment and social work environment items on creative performance of employees to find the most ...
EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF DESIGN AFFORDANCES IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN'S TOY PREFERENCES
Balzan, Emanuel; Farrugia, Philip; Casha, Owen; Wodehouse, Andrew // 2018
The role of toys in early childhood intervention is crucial for children to acquire and improve their skills. A study with preschool children has been carried out in order to establish, from a ...
Evaluating the value and costs of technology in the manufacturing industry
Mämmelä, Janne; Juuti, Tero; Korhonen, Tuomas; Julkunen, Pasi; Lehtonen, Timo; Pakkanen, Jarkko; Vanhatalo, Mikko // 2018
This paper aims to show the shortcomings of current technology valuation methods and propose a new approach to evaluating the value and costs of technology in the manufacturing industry. It uses ...
Evaluation of an Eco Audit tool - through an LCA of a novel car disc brake
Gradin, Katja Tasala; Åström, Anna Hedlund // 2018
Transport of goods and people is increasing and causing strains on the environment. Road vehicles emit exhaust and non-exhaust emissions. One significant contributor to non-exhaust emissions is ...
EVALUATION OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY
Koehler, Nico; Močibov, Petra; Naumann, Thomas; Vajna, Sándor // 2018
The aim of the paper is to reveal phenomena of integrated design engineering in practice by comparing four different product developments in a case study. Based on our universal questionnaire, the ...
EXPERIENCE SCENARIOS TO STIMULATE CREATIVITY - GENERATING SOLUTIONS IN THE SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS OF SEAMLESS MOBILITY
Albert Albers, Armin Grunwald, Florian Marthaler, Nicolas Reiß, Nikola Bursac // 2018
To develop innovative and utilitarian systems for the world of tomorrow, creative ideas are crucial. In context of system engineering, the developed products are no longer considered to be ...
FACILITATING NEED FINDING AND PROBLEM FORMULATION DURING COOPERATIVE WORK TERMS THROUGH VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION - PILOT IMPLEMENTATION RESULTS
Nespoli, Oscar; Hurst, Ada; Russell, Jim // 2018
This project aimed to teach, facilitate the learning of, and assess need finding and problem formulation skills while students were immersed in an authentic practice environment during their coop ...
From team collaboration to product success - the domino effect of design thinking
Paula, Danielly de; Dobrigkeit, Franziska; Cormican, Kathryn // 2018
Design thinking (DT) offers a potent way to create breakthrough products due to its ability to find unarticulated needs and solve problems. For a long time, design thinking was considered the ...
Healthcloud - Participatory design of user interfaces for senior people’s active aging
Normark, Jörgen; Wikberg-Nilsson, Åsa; Björklund, Cecilia; Wiklund-Axelsson, Sari-Anne // 2018
The aim of the interdisciplinary HealthCloud pre-study project was twofold: to further knowledge of user experiences of inclusive interface design specifically for an ageing population, and to ...
HOW TO WITNESS DESIGN
Freimane, Aija // 2018
Design adds value for the benefit of the economy, people and the environment; however, reliable and comparable tools demonstrating design’s contribution to the economy and its impact on return on ...
IDEAL IDEATION: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SKETCH INHIBITION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE DESIGNERS
Thurlow, Lisa; Ford, Peter // 2018
Sketch inhibition among undergraduates is a growing but under-researched issue. Affected students avoid engaging with sketching during concept development, they also have little understanding of the ...
Identification of haptic exploration procedures over textile surfaces with a Leap Motion Controller
Gussen, Lars C.; Ellerich, Max; Schmitt, Robert H. // 2018
The development of high-quality products, which simultaneously address the customer’s needs, is a key challenge for companies nowadays. Besides features and technology a customer assesses a product ...
IMPROVED METHODS FOR TEACHING PRODUCT FORM DESIGN TO ENGINEERING STUDENTS
Dresselhaus, William F; Yim, Hyunjune {HJ}; Lee, Keun // 2018
This paper presents the results of an ongoing experimental “Designeer” programme of teaching end-user product design to undergraduate engineering students using a hybrid approach of traditional ...
Inclusion of sustainability aspects in product development – two industrial cases from Sweden
Paulson, Fredrik; Sundin, Erik // 2018
Knowledge on how to include sustainability aspects in product development has increased during the last 25 years. Research has contributed with literature reviews, case studies, and the development ...
Influencing factors and methods for knowledge transfer situations in Product Generation Engineering based on the SECI model
Albers, Albert; Gronau, Norbert; Rapp, Simon; Grum, Marcus; Zaiser, Alina; Bursac, Nikola; Weber, Edzard // 2018
Products are developed in teams and based on knowledge gained in previous development projects. This makes knowledge transfer a key factor for the success of product development. In addition is the ...
Innovation Toolkit for identification of the Optimal Module Options in Open Platform Architecture Products
Sikhwal, Ravi K; Childs, Peter R N // 2018
Open platform architecture products (OPAP) are the key enablers for Product design for Mass Individualisation. It is a new product design paradigm that comprises an open hardware platform, ...
INSPIRING CO-EVOLUTION MOVES AND CREATIVITY IN DESIGN TEAMS
Zoë Dankfort, Luuk Roos, Milene Gonçalves // 2018
Our aim was to understand the relationship between stimuli and inspiration among design team members during the co-evolution of problem and solution in the ideation phase of the design process. Case ...
INTRODUCING SUSTAINABILITY IN ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY USING ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS DURING THE DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY (AID-DS)
Esparragoza, Ivan Enrique; Mesa, Jaime Alberto; Maury, Heriberto Enrique // 2018
This work presents an academic initiative to introduce sustainability in engineering design education based on a case study approach that uses indicators to measure the sustainability performance of ...
KNOWLEDGE-BASED MANUFACTURING: A PROPOSAL TO MANAGE MANUFACTURING RULES
Marra, Manuela; Pascarelli, Claudio; Lazoi, Mariangela; Corallo, Angelo; Micchetti, Francesco // 2018
In manufacturing companies, technologists use CAD/CAM tools for NC programming. Feature based approaches enable to faster programming, but require advanced competences and a standardization too ...
KNOWLEDGE-BASED SUPPORT DURING DESIGN OPTIMIZATION USING FLANGES AS AN EXAMPLE
Loibl, André; Andrae, René; Köhler, Peter // 2018
In today’s interdisciplinary environment, design engineers are facing increasing market demands for faster product cycle times. This implies that product-lifecycle processes need to be performed ...
LEVERAGING PROTOTYPES TO SUPPORT SELF-DIRECTED SOCIAL LEARNING IN MAKERSPACES
Jaskiewicz, Tomasz; Mulder, Ingrid; Verburg, Samuel; Verhij, Bob // 2018
The “Maker Movement” signifies emergence of a cultural model of a society where anyone can become a creative maker. As part of this movement, various kinds of “Makerspaces” provide physical and ...
LINKING ECODESIGN CAPABILITIES TO CORPORATE PERFORMANCE: PROPOSAL OF A SIMULATION-BASED APPROACH
Rodrigues, Vinicius Picanco; Pigosso, Daniela; McAloone, Tim // 2018
The absence of mechanisms to evaluate the potential benefits of ecodesign prior to implementation is a major barrier to wider adoption. There is a need to understand how the development of ecodesign ...
LIVING LABS AS A METHODOLOGY FOR SERVICE DESIGN - AN ANALYSIS BASED ON CASES AND DISCUSSIONS FROM A SYSTEMS APPROACH VIEWPOINT
Yasuoka, Mika; Akasaka, Fumiya; Kimura, Atsunobu; Ihara, Masayuki // 2018
Recently ""Living Labs (LLs)"" have attracted attentions as a method which aims at actively involving citizens for longer term to co-create service. Despite its increased interests, there is no ...
Boolean Searches
The following examples demonstrate some search strings that use boolean operators:
- design community
Find rows that contain at least one of the two words. - +design +community
Find rows that contain both words. - +design community
Find rows that contain the word “design”, but rank rows higher if they also contain “community”. - +design -community
Find rows that contain the word “design” but not “community”. - +design ~community
Find rows that contain the word “design”, but if the row also contains the word “community”, rate it lower than if row does not. - +design +(>community <decisions)
Find rows that contain the words “design” and “community”, or “design” and “decisions” (in any order), but rank “design community” higher than “design decisions” - design*
Find rows that contain words such as “design”, “designs”, “designing”, or “designer”. - "some words"
Find rows that contain the exact phrase “some words” (for example, rows that contain “some words of wisdom” but not “some noise words”). Note that the " characters that enclose the phrase are operator characters that delimit the phrase. They are not the quotation marks that enclose the search string itself.