Prototyping is an essential part of product development in companies, and yet it is one of the
least explored areas of design practice. There are limited ethnographic studies conducted …

Prototypes are a common feature of many product design and development endeavours. An
ever widening range of prototyping options are available to designers and engineers. May …

'Design cognition'refers to the mental processes and representations involved in designing,
and has been a significant area of interest since the emergence of design research in the …

Concept generation techniques can help to support designers in generating multiple ideas
during design tasks. However, differences in the ways these techniques guide idea …

Idea management is a crucial pillar of corporate management. Organizations may save
research expenses, influence future development, and maintain distinctive competency by …

Research supports the central role cognitive strategies can play in successful concept
generation by individual designers. Design heuristics have been shown to facilitate the …

Highlights•A design tool, DHSfX, has been proposed for assistive product concept
generation.•A DHSfX consists of design heuristics for accomplishing a specific design goal …

Additive manufacturing (AM) has gained prominence over the last 15 years and become a
viable manufacturing option. Since there is great industrial interest to implement serial …

Abstract Jansson and Smith (1991,“Design Fixation,” Des. Stud., 12 (1), pp. 3–11)
demonstrated that design fixation occurs when an example solution is provided along with a …

This paper explores the nature of prototypes from three diverse companies in the fields of
consumer electronics, footwear, and medical devices. It is part of a larger qualitative …