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Socio-cultural dimensions to sharpen designer’s cultural eyeglasses

van Boeijen, Annemiek // 2013
This paper answers the question, how the dimensions that have been developed by anthropologists to typify cultures, can support designers in user-centred design processes. An analysis and evaluation ...

Solution patterns to support the knowledge intensive design process of intelligent technical systems

Anacker, Harald; Schierbaum, Thomas; Dumitrescu, Roman; Gausemeier, Jürgen // 2013
Recently, mechatronics as a self-contained discipline has undoubtedly shaped the development of technical systems. Mechatronics stands for the close interaction of mechanics, electronics, control ...

Students practising realistic design process by collaboration of different disciplines

Huggins, Bernard James; Linda, Sara; Rane, Sham; Walle, Adam; Dougan, Chris // 2013
A pilot project was arranged between Product Design (PD) students at Glasgow Caledonian University and Engineering Design (ED) students at City University London. The assignment was to produce ...

Suitable methods for process modeling and process optimization

Schabacker, Michael; Szélig, Nikoletta; Vajna, Sándor // 2013
The current situation in product development is characterized by increasingly dynamic and complex tasks. The development of a product is not a linear process, continuously guided by well-defined ...

Supply chain eco-information sharing in the product development process through computer aided design software

Mombeshora, Idai Mendy; Dekoninck, Elies // 2013
As decisions made during the design of a product have a significant impact on environmental performance, it is imperative that environmental considerations become an integral part of the design ...

Supplying the demand: aligning product design curricula and the professional practice of design

Spruce, Jon; Evans, Martyn David // 2013
Much research has been conducted into the content of design curricula yet limited research has been undertaken into how early career design professionals view their undergraduate studies, and in turn ...

Supporting communication in the supply chain with design rationale maps

Aurisicchio, Marco; Bracewell, Rob; Armstrong, Gareth // 2013
In modern engineering projects collaboration between organisations is increasingly common for the purpose of sharing expertise, technology, resources, risk and responsibilities. Design communication ...

Supporting multiple engineering viewpoints in computer-aided design using ontology-based annotations.

Li, Chun Lei; McMahon, Chris; Newnes, Linda // 2013
This paper describes an approach to supporting, in computer-aided design (CAD), the multiple evaluations that occur when engineers bring their expertise to bear, especially in the later phases of the ...

Supporting teamwork in contract furniture design

Mengoni, Maura; Peruzzini, Margherita; Raffaeli, Roberto // 2013
Contract furniture design is oriented to develop customized products for the creation of a finished commodity for hospitality, offices, retails, restaurants, stores. It is assuming a growing ...

Sustainability, design and engineering values

Winkelman, Paul Martin // 2013
Sustainability issues are slowly being integrated into the design process. What is frequently overlooked is that the pre-existing value system of engineering may be hostile to sustainability ...

Tangible ideation: how digital fabrication acts as a catalyst in the early steps of product development

Valamanesh, Roozbeh; Shin, Dosun // 2013
Embodiment of a concept has constantly been a preventive factor in creativity when it comes to complex topics. This has been moderated by emergence of digital fabrication since late 80’s. Making ...

Testing the value of TRIZ and its derivatives for knowledge transfer in problem solving attempts by multidisciplinary teams

Schöfer, Malte; Maranzana, Nicolas; Aoussat, Ameziane; Bersano, Giacomo // 2013
The design process of ever more complex products requires an increasing amount of knowledge originating in ever more distant domains of expertise. However, in order to make the knowledge transfer ...

The characteristics of form in relation to product emotion

Jamaludin, Mohd Syafiq; Zulkapli, Muhammad Fadli; Zainal Abidin, Shahriman // 2013
This study is to investigate the use of visual analogy in design characteristics. The main purpose is to provide an understanding of how product design can affect or influence user emotion. Emotion ...

The communication patterns of engineers within an SME in 2012

Gopsill, James Anthony; McAlpine, Hamish Charles; Hicks, Ben James // 2013
The communication patterns of engineers has been well researched over the past decades. However, due to the rise of new communication technologies and their speed of inception within society, it can ...

The development of a Lego Mindstorms-based curriculum for design and ergonomics students

Garrett, David W.; Underwood, Peter J.; Jun, Gyuchan Thomas // 2013
Design students' understanding of design processes and their ability to continually improve on them is a fundamental concern in design education. This paper discusses a curriculum development project ...

The DNA of design and design signature: A perspective in motorcycle design

Chandra, Sushil // 2013
Designers have to frequently face the two terms: the DNA of design and design signature, though no scientific definitions for these two terms are available. This study attempts to formulate a ...

The effect of digital media on design communication and creativity in a design group: A studio as a case study

Chen, Zi Ru // 2013
Design is a group behavior and creativity is the result of social interaction. Digital media are regarded both as the environment in which designers accomplish creative ideas and as a platform of ...

The estimation of product-development project delay caused by imperfect communication in outsourcing

Oh, Gyesik; Hong, Yoo S. // 2013
As competition in the market becomes fierce, companies are required to develop a new product within short duration. One of methods to accelerate the product development is concurrent engineering ...

The innovation paradox: starting from what is ‘known’ to facilitate the discovery of the ‘unknown’

Vandenhende, Karel // 2013
How can we teach students to design creatively? From the literature on early stages in effective learning processes, we know that for education to be effective, design assignments should evolve from ...

The potential of low cost topology optimization

Beger, Anna-Lena; Brezing, Alex; Feldhusen, Jörg // 2013
Topology optimization (TO) is a powerful tool to generate forms for structural parts. Used at the beginning of the design process, it can generally lead to a reduction of iteration loops and an ...

The two pillars of design theory: Method of analysis and rhetoric

Koskela, Lauri Jaakko; Ballard, Glenn // 2013
Since the 1960’s, there have been many initiatives for promoting theoretical understanding on design. However, in spite of definite progress, there are several puzzles and anomalies in the current ...

Three layers of openness in design: Examining the open paradigm in design research

Aitamurto, Tanja; Holland, Dónal; Hussain, Sofia // 2013
This article examines the open paradigm in design research and introduces a new conceptualization for ‘open design’ and a three-layer framework to demonstrate the degrees of openness in design ...

Tolerance Optimization of a Mobile Phone Considering Consumer Demand for Quality and Sustainability in China, Sweden, and the United States

Hoffenson, Steven; Dagman, Andreas; Söderberg, Rikard // 2013
Dimensional tolerances are chosen during the product development process to balance quality requirements against manufacturing costs. Designers typically judge how much variance should be allowed ...

Towards a design model for student graduation projects – a case study

Sivaloganathan, Sangarapillai; Shahin, Tamer // 2013
A Graduation Project (or senior capstone design project) is an important constituent of an engineering program. It has several unique characteristics such as: the end product is a proof of product ...

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