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See detailA Step Beyond to Overcome Design Fixation: A Design-by-Analogy Approach
Moreno Grandas, Diana Paola UL; Yang, Maria C.; Hernandez, Alberto A. et al

in Gero, John; Hanna, Sean (Eds.) Design Computing and Cognition’14 (2014, June)

Design fixation is a phenomenon that negatively impacts design outcomes, especially when it occurs during the ideation stage of a design process. This study expands our understanding of design fixation by ... [more ▼]

Design fixation is a phenomenon that negatively impacts design outcomes, especially when it occurs during the ideation stage of a design process. This study expands our understanding of design fixation by presenting a review of de-fixation approaches, as well as metrics employed to understand and account for design fixation. The study then explores the relevant ideation approach of Design-by-Analogy (DbA) to overcome design fixation, with a fixation experiment of 73 knowledge-domain experts. The study provides a design fixation framework and constitutes a genuine contribution to effectively identify approaches to mitigate design fixation in a wide range of design problems. [less ▲]

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See detailCREATIVITY IN TRANSACTIONAL DESIGN PROBLEMS: NON-INTUITIVE FINDINGS OF AN EXPERT STUDY USING SCAMPER
Moreno Grandas, Diana Paola UL; Yang, Maria C.; Hernandez, Alberto A. et al

in INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONFERENCE - DESIGN 2014 (2014, May)

Designers are currently facing design problems that are not uniquely related to physical systems but transactional as well. Transactional processes (services) have had a steady growth during the last ... [more ▼]

Designers are currently facing design problems that are not uniquely related to physical systems but transactional as well. Transactional processes (services) have had a steady growth during the last three decades and currently add more than 65% of global economic value. This study expands our understanding of designers’ interaction with ideation methods. We investigate a heuristic method known as SCAMPER, focusing on a transactional design problem with a relatively large transactional domain expert sample size (n=60). The study shows, unexpectedly, that the SCAMPER method appears to be both a fixating and de-fixating method (at least for the type of problem explored), where design fixation is not shown to be effectively mitigated by the method; yet, despite this finding, a significantly higher novelty production is achieved when compared to a non-assisted scenario. [less ▲]

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See detailBio-Inspired Design: An Overview Investigating Open Questions From the Broader Field of Design-by-Analogy
Fu, Katherine; Moreno Grandas, Diana Paola UL; Yang, Maria C. et al

in Journal of Mechanical Design (2014), 136(11), 111102

Bio-inspired design and the broader field of design-by-analogy have been the basis of numerous innovative designs throughout history; yet there remains much to be understood about these practices of ... [more ▼]

Bio-inspired design and the broader field of design-by-analogy have been the basis of numerous innovative designs throughout history; yet there remains much to be understood about these practices of design, their underlying cognitive mechanisms, and preferred ways in which to teach and support them. In this paper, we work to unify the broader design-by-analogy research literature with that of the bio-inspired design field, reviewing the current knowledge of designer cognition, the seminal supporting tools and methods for bio-inspired design, and postulating the future of bio-inspired design research from the larger design-by-analogy perspective. We examine seminal methods for supporting bio-inspired design, highlighting the areas well aligned with current findings in design-by-analogy cognition work and noting important areas for future research identified by the investigators responsible for these seminal tools and methods. Supplemental to the visions of these experts in bio-inspired design, we suggest additional projections for the future of the field, posing intriguing research questions to further unify the field of bio-inspired design with its broader resident field of design-by-analogy. [less ▲]

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