Hay, T.J; Lee, D; Larsen, O.P // 2012
The purpose of this paper is to examine how material choices are made in practice by structural engineers and by implication how material behaviour is understood. The research uses documents from ...
Barrie, Jeff; Culley, Stephen // 2012
Within the industrial setting, it will be quite normal to find company best practices in place, a list of approved suppliers and perhaps CAD models of standard components configured through a PLM ...
Eriksen, Kaare; Tollestrup, Christian // 2012
This paper focuses on the introduction of creative methods and approaches to the staff in a major public service institution in collaboration with design researchers and design students. The project ...
Reichardt, T.; Elezi, F.; Tommelein, I. D.; Lindemann, U. // 2012
This research focuses on the application of structural complexity management methods in the Architecture-Engineering-Construction (AEC) industry. AEC design projects involve numerous
participants ...
Rahe, Ulrike; Babapour, Maral; , Bj // 2012
One of the most distinct aspects of creativity in design is an aesthetic sense, an indubitable determinant of product success in the market. It is therefore of great importance to nurture creativity ...
Boxberger, J.; Lebouteiller, M.; Schlegeld, D.; Lebaaln, N.; Gomes, S. // 2012
High competition and low manufacturing costs in emerging countries, forces European firms to improve quality, cost and delivery. In this context, research and development departments have to look ...
MacLachlan, L.; Earl, C.; Eckert, C. // 2012
The co-evolution of new forms with specified tools characterises craft led design. Formal views of design and creativity may be characterised by the manipulation of the rules of a knowledge domain. ...
Valentine, Rod // 2012
Creativity is a requirement of the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC) stipulating within its specific learning outcomes that accredited degree courses deliver creativity. ...
Linse, Charlotta; Jerbrant, Anna; Engwall, Mats // 2012
The purpose of this paper is to analyze how designers perceive that managerial structures affect creativity and efficiency in the design work. The findings indicate that the designers think their ...
Jones, Wyn M.; Haugen Askland, Hedda // 2012
The brief is an essential part of the design process and marks the beginning of any design project, both within the realms of education and practice. It is used to help the designer to understand the ...
Boruah, Dipanka; Das, Dr. Amarendra Kumar // 2012
The present extent and content of designers’ work has changed from those in the past. Green and Bonollo mention seven phases in the product development process. The global market becoming ...
Peeters, Jef R.; Dewulf // 2012
The first phases of the engineering design process, such as the problem definition, the information gathering and the idea generation phase, are commonly considered as important steps in product ...
Hehenberger, P.; Cojocaru, E.; Ernst, W. // 2012
As we know, in most European countries design people from the industrial sector are predominantly male and consequently, the requirements for a new product are defined by men during the design ...
Boks, Casper; Zachrisson Daae, Johannes // 2012
This paper reports on how Design for Sustainable Behaviour has been integrated in a design course. Based on a teaching philosophy aiming to provide students with a holistic view on design, and ...
Brosch, Max; Beckmann, Gregor; Griesbach, Marc; Dalhofer, Jorg; Krause, Dieter // 2012
Various factors like an increase of the product variety lead to an increase in complexity both at the level of product and the level of the value chain design. A study has identified the need to ...
Zahedi, Mithra; Poldma, Tiiu; Baha, Ehsan; Haats, Tim // 2012
Engaging in knowledge building that is collaborative and that integrates design thinking among interdisciplinary teams is increasingly a means to innovate in product and service design and in ...
Morgan, David // 2012
This paper describes a making-centric teaching methodology intended to illuminate design issues and processes through a low-volume production project. The methodology involves material discovery ...
Florin ,U.; Eriksson, Y.; Orre ,I. // 2012
This is an investigation of design with informative and explanatory ambitions. The problem area involves possibilities and obstacles that accompany the involvement of artistic knowledge-in-practice ...
Sharafi, A.; Elezi, F.; Zuber, F.; Wolf, P.; Krcmar, H.; Lindemann, U. // 2012
In the automotive industry engineering change orders (ECOs) are responsible for a high proportion of development costs. An inefficient handling of them prolongs the time to market, which is widely ...
Bernabei, R.; Power, J. // 2012
Increasingly, the roles of designer and end-user are becoming blurred. Since the emergence of participatory design, the involvement of the end-user in the design process has continued to grow. This ...
Liao, Tjhien Yuan; Person , Oscar // 2012
This paper presents a design module in which student teams were challenged in an open brief to design for wellbeing. To design for wellbeing is difficult. Wellbeing is ambiguous, hard to define and ...
Laakso, M.; Liikkanen, L. A. // 2012
Formal problem-solving and creativity techniques have repeatedly been promoted to designers by consultants and scholars. However, there has been little research about the adoption and usefulness of ...
Man, Jeff; Lu, Yuan; Alblas, Alex; Brombacher, Aarnout // 2012
Over the past decades, the creation and development of new products has become a truly global activity. This requires people from different cultures on different locations to closely work together. ...
Dohr, Fabio; Vielhaber, Michael // 2012
Simulation has been used in product development for years. Especially in mechatronics simulation is seen as a key factor due to the high complexity of both process and product. To develop a ...