2015
DOI: 10.1017/s0890060415000049
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Representing analogies to influence fixation and creativity: A study comparing computer-aided design, photographs, and sketches

Abstract: Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0890060415000049How to cite this article: Olufunmilola Atilola and Julie Linsey (2015). Representing analogies to inuence xation and creativity: A study comparing computer-aided design, photographs, and sketches. AbstractMany tools are being developed to assist designers in retrieving analogies. One critical question these designers face is how these analogues should be represented in order to minimize design fixation and maximize idea generation.… Show more

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“…The cognitive mechanisms behind creativity are extremely complex and still a debated topic, but it is widely acknowledged that design fixation (the counterproductive and often involuntary adherence to specific solutions or rationales) [28][29][30][31] is one of the main obstacles that hinder the generation of novel and original ideas. The literature offers many hints for overcoming design fixation, or in general for supporting creativity (e.g., [32][33][34]), where the type of representation of creative stimuli often plays a key role [35][36][37]. Indeed, it has been observed that providing examples could somehow support creativity, but the form in which such examples are provided may influence design outcomes [35].…”
Section: Creativity In Engineering Designmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The cognitive mechanisms behind creativity are extremely complex and still a debated topic, but it is widely acknowledged that design fixation (the counterproductive and often involuntary adherence to specific solutions or rationales) [28][29][30][31] is one of the main obstacles that hinder the generation of novel and original ideas. The literature offers many hints for overcoming design fixation, or in general for supporting creativity (e.g., [32][33][34]), where the type of representation of creative stimuli often plays a key role [35][36][37]. Indeed, it has been observed that providing examples could somehow support creativity, but the form in which such examples are provided may influence design outcomes [35].…”
Section: Creativity In Engineering Designmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The selection of the type of representation to be inserted into the rows follows specific criteria. Indeed, it has been demonstrated in the literature that the way in which stimuli (in this case, the representations of the structural solution variants) are represented can affect the creativity of the design outcomes (e.g., [34,35,37]). However, while it seems that there is no difference between sketches and more detailed representations (e.g., photographs and CAD models) in terms of the novelty of the generated ideas, it seems that CAD models allow designers to obtain ideas characterized by higher quality [35].…”
Section: The Chart Of Structural Solution Alternativesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Fixation is when designers cannot see past common features that are already in existence. Designers can be limited by what they are familiar with and are therefore blocked from seeing new innovative solutions (Cross 1982;Crilly 2015;Atilola & Linsey 2015;Youmans & Arciszewski 2014;Hatchuel, Le Masson & Weil 2011;Jansson & Smith 1991). Since there is low risk associated with using concepts or features that are proven, fixating on past designs is a safe path for designers (Youmans & Arciszewski 2014;Hatchuel, Le Masson & Weil 2011).…”
Section: Fixationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Design researchers have studied many different aspects of the inspiration process, including characteristics of external stimuli or inspiration sources (e.g., the modality of representation used for the stimuli) (Linsey et al, 2008; Sarkar & Chakrabarti, 2008; Atilola & Linsey, 2015; Viswanathan et al, 2016) and aspects of the design process (e.g., time available for ideation) (Youmans, 2011 a ; Tsenn et al, 2014; Siangliulue et al, 2015). One of the stimuli characteristics that has been studied is whether the quality of the examples (i.e., good or bad) would influence feature repetition, or whether those examples would be copied indiscriminately.…”
Section: Inspiration Fixation and The Introduction Of External Stimulimentioning
confidence: 99%