This paper argues that there is no shared understanding (ie an ontology) of the design
activities that designers perform in the design process. Hence the purpose of the paper was …

In this paper we review the literature on product development from a services perspective.
We identify similarities in the creation and evolution of products and services, and discuss …

This paper considers how the conversational aspects of design may be examined from
perspectives associated with micro-sociology/social psychology: Symbolic Interactionism …

Controle e automação é uma das raras áreas do conhecimento que, simultaneamente,
apresenta grandes desafios tanto teóricos, quanto práticos. Nas últimas décadas, essa área …

Designing by adaptation is almost invariably a dominant feature of designing, and
references to past designs are ubiquitous in design discourse. Object references serve as …

A number of design models have been proposed in the area of Human-Computer Interaction
(HCI) to support user-centered system design. High-level, abstract task models and detailed …

Most designs are modifications from previous products and lessons learned from earlier
designs can be beneficial when developing new products. This paper introduces a support …

We propose a model for optimally directed conceptual design of machines in which the
transformation of function to form occurs iteratively along an abstraction continuum. An …

This contribution describes a research project which studies individual ways of thinking,
acting and problem-solving in the mechanical engineering design. The course of the …

Knowledge in practice on how to design offerings of services and products effectively and
efficiently is demanded in manufacturing industries. This article discusses some empirical …