Influence of environmental information on creativity

Collado-Ruiz, Daniel; Ostad-Ahmad-Ghorabi, Hesamedin

doi:10.1016/j.destud.2010.06.005

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“…Collado‐Ruiz and Ostad‐Ahmad‐Ghorabi () identify a “consensus among researchers … that creativity involves the generation of ideas that are novel and appropriate” (p. 483) and note that design is aligned with a psychological or “p‐creativity” level, in which the goal is novel and valuable solutions are not necessarily historically unique. Dubberly () attributes the definition of three levels of design problem to Peter Rowe, as “well‐defined, or simple; ill‐defined, or complex; wicked‐hard, or unsolvable.” Furthermore, Dubberly considers problems given to students at design schools to be mostly in the “well‐defined” category, whereas professionals generally deal with “ill‐defined”‐ or “wicked‐hard”‐level problems.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A study of the role of visual information in supporting ideation in graphic design

Laing

Masoodian

2014

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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Existing computer technologies poorly support the ideation phase common to graphic design practice. Finding and indexing visual material to assist the process of ideation often fall on the designer, leading to user experiences that are less than ideal. To inform development of computer systems to assist graphic designers in the ideation phase of the design process, we conducted interviews with 15 professional graphic designers about their design process and visual information needs. Based on the study, we propose a set of requirements for an ideation-support system for graphic design.

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A study of the role of visual information in supporting ideation in graphic design

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Masoodian

2014

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“…Collado-Ruiz & Ostad-AhmadGhorabi, 2010 [44] Detailed information in the form of physical models or benchmarking products led to fixation, but "soft information", with more abstract yet still relevant information does not.…”

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Bio-Inspired Design: An Overview Investigating Open Questions From the Broader Field of Design-by-Analogy

Moreno

Yang

et al. 2014

Journal of Mechanical Design

122

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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. INTRODUCTIONBio-inspired design is a cutting edge field of inquiry and practice, founded by thinkers such as Steele (bionics, 1950s), Schmitt (biomimetics, 1950s) RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Comparative Qualitative Research MethodFigure 1 depicts the comparative qualitative research methodology employed for analysis in this paper, defined by five steps: (1) examining the larger body of analogy literature and choosing a subset to identify cognitive mechanisms for design-by-analogy; (2) categorizing key findings from the analogy literature; (3) studying an existing set of seminal tools and methods for bioinspired design, and the principles and considerations that underlie them, (4) reviewing the literature that addresses the cognitive psychology of bio-inspired design, and (5) analyzing gaps in the literature, questions yet to be addressed, and the future of the field of bio-inspired design.Katherine Fu MD-14-1381 3 Examining and Reducing Analogy LiteratureWe began by considering the research findings of those who study analogy. Identifying and investigating hundreds of contributions, the literature included in the analysis of this paper was chosen based on whether the publication advanced empirical understanding of how humans, often designers, work with analogy. Papers not included were those presenting tools or methods for design-by-analogy, unless in testing them, they uncovered and reported underlying cognitive mechanisms of design-by-analogy. The goal of this step was to characterize the current state of scientific knowledge around analogy, both generally and with respect to engineering design, in order to create a context within which bio-inspired design and its future as a field of inquiry is and should be considered. Categorizing and Synthesizing Key Findings from Analogy LiteratureThe subset of the larger body of an...

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“…A possibility is to work on the other way, on how the environmental information is seen by the other stakeholders; for example, Collado-Ruiz et al (2010) have concluded that presenting LCA results to the designers is not good for the designer's creativity. Different sorts of visualization, truncated reports or subjective descriptions with a low amount of data could yield different results.…”

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On providing design process information to the environmental expert

2015

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This paper explores the subject of information exchange in order to enhance to the integration of environmental expertise in the product design process. More precisely, the research question addressed is: What is the impact on the resulting product when different sets of information about the design process are given to the environmental expert? To explore this question, a game that simulates a collaborative design process has been adapted (Delta design game), including a role for the environmental expert. Different situations have been created to compare three different sets of information. During the first one, an environmental expert aims at improving a house considering his own point of view, being disconnected from the design team. In the second one, the environmental expert aims at improving this same house considering his own point of view and the main constraints of other experts. Then, in the last one, the environmental expert takes part of the design team, collaborating with other experts. A total of 69 volunteers have participated on the experiments. The results show that: (1) in a disconnected context, an environmental expert is more focused on the environmental issue when he has less information about the design process, and is more concerned about the global feasibility of the product when he has more information;(2) In an integrated context, having more information leads to the best compromise between feasibility and good environmental performance of the house.

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Influence of environmental information on creativity

Cited by 54 publications

References 41 publications

A study of the role of visual information in supporting ideation in graphic design

A study of the role of visual information in supporting ideation in graphic design

Bio-Inspired Design: An Overview Investigating Open Questions From the Broader Field of Design-by-Analogy

On providing design process information to the environmental expert

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