An introduction to capturing and understanding the cognitive behaviour of design engineers

Coley, Fiona; Houseman, Oliver; Roy, Rajkumar

doi:10.1080/09544820600963412

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“…For example, Maher and Poon (1996) argue that the problem definition process in design is variable and will change in response to the current solution-seeking behavior. Coley, Houseman, and Roy (2007) suggest that design problem-solving behavior is a core and measurable cognitive indictor within the design process (Coley et al, 2007). Such ideas are implicit in the theory of a co-evolutionary process for explorative design which, arguably, results in creative products or outcomes.…”

Section: Three Cognitive Perspectives Of Parametric Designmentioning

confidence: 98%

Creativity and parametric design? Comparing designer's cognitive approaches with assessed levels of creativity

Lee

Ostwald

2014

International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation

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Since its inception, computational parametric design has been promoted as a means of supporting heightened creativity. In order to test three common claims about parametric design and creativity, this article describes the results of a study that compares the cognitive processes of a small set of designers, with the results of an independent assessment of the levels of creativity visible in their work. Specifically, using a combination of protocol analysis (of the design process) and consensual assessment (of the design outcome), the research explores three suggested indicators of a connection between cognitive activities and creativity. The three indicators are geometry versus algorithm use, problem-driven versus solution-driven processes, and expert versus novice activities. Through this research, the article contributes to a heightened understanding of the actual, rather than theorized, relationship between parametric design and creativity.

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Section: Three Cognitive Perspectives Of Parametric Designmentioning

confidence: 98%

Creativity and parametric design? Comparing designer's cognitive approaches with assessed levels of creativity

Lee

Ostwald

2014

International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation

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“…However, as Coley et al [14] reported, the think-aloud method may result in interference. For example, some thoughts cannot be verbalised without causing a distortion in thinking.…”

Section: Limitations Of the Current Methodologymentioning

confidence: 92%

Towards a model of how designers mentally categorise design information

Kim

Bouchard

Omhover

et al. 2010

CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology

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“…The main difference between novices and experts is that the latter pay frequent attention to the reformulation of the problem (Coley et al, 2007), something which is completely ignored by the novices (Brand-Gruwel et al, 2005), who prefer a pattern of trial and error (Ahmed et al, 2003) although using similar working backward strategies (Ho, 2001). This suggests that the results in an industrial contest will likely differ in absolute terms from what observed in the artificial scenario, although in relative terms the difference between the usage of the two approaches might not be particularly evident.…”

Section: Significance Of the Experimental Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Value visualization in Product Service Systems preliminary design

Bertoni

Isaksson

2013

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Emerging from a study in the European aerospace industry, this paper identifies a gap in the way value-related information is communicated to designers of hardware in the preliminary stages of Product Service System (PSS) design. To fit this gap a Lifecycle Value Representation Approach, named LiVReA, that uses color-coded 3D CAD models to enable value information to be translated into visual features, is presented. Such approach aims at enhancing designers' awareness of the value contribution of an early design concept on the overall PSS offer by complementing requirements-based information with criteria reflecting the fulfillment of customers and system value. The paper details the development of the approach, its underlying rationale, the results of preliminary validation activities and the potential for industrial application in the light of the currently available PSS representation tools.

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An introduction to capturing and understanding the cognitive behaviour of design engineers

Cited by 59 publications

References 31 publications

Creativity and parametric design? Comparing designer's cognitive approaches with assessed levels of creativity

Creativity and parametric design? Comparing designer's cognitive approaches with assessed levels of creativity

Towards a model of how designers mentally categorise design information

Value visualization in Product Service Systems preliminary design

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