Kohn, A.; Lutter-Günther ,M.; Hagg ,M.; Maurer, M. // 2012
The choice of adequate product models for specific needs occurring in the product development process is challenging as the number of product model types steadily increases. This paper provides an ...
Kress, G.; Hoster, H.; Chung, C.; Steinert, M. // 2012
Creativity is a central component of successful design practice and design education. Prior research has shown that, in addition to individual ability, a person‘s moment-to-moment level of creativity ...
Ostad-Ahmad-Ghorabi; Rahmani, Touba; Gerhard, Detlef // 2012
Product Data Management (PDM) systems are inevitable when it comes to design collaboration. In industry, the use of PDM systems as a means to support data management and engineering cooperation is an ...
Raudberget, Dag; Edholm, Peter; Andersson, Magnus // 2012
This paper describes a new design approach that implements the three principles of Set-based Concurrent Engineering by using the concept of Configurable Component modelling. Several case studies has ...
Annamalai Vasantha, G.V.; Chakrabarti, A.; Corney, J. // 2012
Concept generation plays a vital role in establishing a broader foundation in the design process to create novel products. In globalized, collaborative, designing scenario, unambiguous representation ...
Pinheiro-Croisel, R.; Hernes, T. // 2012
This paper explores innovation and social behaviourist theory in relation to sustainable urban projects in the highly institutionalized public sector (towns). Using empirical data from France, we ...
Capjon, Jan; Hjelseth, Snorre // 2012
Should collaborative lab developments be based on technological or human preconditions? This paper initially suggests how complex human conceptualisation patterns can be described and modelled ...
Tahera, Khadija; Earl, Chris; Eckert, Claudia // 2012
Although testing is a value adding activity and improves confidence in design, lengthy physical testing in one phase can delay the product development process, because testing and design processes ...
, Ruben H.; Dazarola, Jacob; Martínez Torán, Manuel; Esteve Sendra, María Consuelo; Conejero Rodilla, Andrés // 2012
Commonly, and since its inception, the methodology of Industrial Design has considered the "use" of goods as a unique and timeless dimension when seeking to define the characteristics of products, ...
Chen, K. // 2012
This research was conducted through a literature review, case studies, and interviews with experts on award-winning works in international design competitions. Through qualitative analysis of these ...
Rahmani, Touba; Gerhard, Detlef // 2012
In the development of complex products the integrated information in the different phases of the product development process is a challenge. Depending on the area of development, different ...
McKinnon, Sabine; Wood, Bruce // 2012
Employability has been the subject of considerable debate in the UK higher education sector for some time. In the case of design graduates there is evidence that employers are dissatisfied with their ...
Ariga, T.; Watanabe, T.; Otani, T. // 2012
This study proposes a basic learning program for creating ideas in visual communication design for students who do not specialize in design. Non-designers normally do not know how to conceive ideas ...
Eguchi, T.; Koga, T.; Aoyama, K. // 2012
In a V-shaped process of model-based development, methods of product information model decomposition from upper processes to lower processes have not yet been established. In this paper,
we defined ...
Green, Stephen Timothy; Young, Mark; Boult, John // 2012
There is considerable interest in quantifying the impact of professional design activity: At a policy level governments and professional bodies require objective measures of value added to national ...
Škec, S.; Štorga, M.; Stankovic, T.; Marjanovic, D. // 2012
Paper introduces Risk breakdown structure created by concerning different internal and external sources of risks during product development. The identified risks are mapped to PD process models in ...
Gausemeier, J.; Bensiek, T.; Kuehn, A.; Grafe ,M. // 2012
This paper introduces the VPS-Benchmark – a maturity model for performance evaluation and improvement in SMEs with a special focus on virtual prototyping and simulation (VPS). By giving a brief ...
Wölfel ,C.; Debitz, U.; Krzywinski ,J.; Stelzer, R. // 2012
This study provides multifaceted empirical data from interviews with engineering and Industrial designers about professional product development processes in German industry. The study aims to ...
Bruun, Hans Peter Lomholt; Mortensen, Niels Henrik // 2012
The objective for the paper is to determine the role of a product architecture modelling tool to support communication and to form the basis for developing and maintaining product structures for ...
Späth, Rainer; Hesse, Miriam; Kohn, Andreas // 2012
The product development process in the automotive industry comprises a large number of interdisciplinary actors. This results in very complex communication situations, with a large variety of ...
de Pauw ,I. C.; Karana, E.; Kandachar ,P. V. // 2012
In design practice, Nature-Inspired Design Strategies (NIDS) can be applied when developing sustainable products. However, knowledge on how this actually helps designers is lacking. This study ...
Allen, T.L.; Chornyak, B.A. // 2012
Within the field of design practice, we are consistently confronted with constraints, imposed by clients, our limited resources and outside circumstances. Usually, these constraints are viewed as ...
Matthiesen, S.; Ruckpaul, A. // 2012
The paper is about the description of logical states with the Contact&Channel-Approach. The approach supports designer during the product development process by enabling to model the connection ...
Duan, WU // 2012
The Aalto-Tongji Design Factory in Shanghai is a creative environment bringing together universities, business and society to create new ways of learning, research and innovative collaboration. As ...