All design is influenced by previous exposure to ideas in different formats and in different
levels of abstraction. This paper introduces refined methods to represent and analyze the …

Based on a detailed case study on change and customisation to existing products in the
aerospace industry, this paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the problems and …

Sources of inspiration play an important role in the design process, both in defining the
context for new designs and in informing the creation of individual designs. Previous …

Highlights•Survey on the most preferred inspiration sources and methods designers
use.•Student designers prefer to use images over objects, and the latter more than …

Highlights•Presenting partial photographs of product examples can reduce design
fixation.•Presenting designers with partial photographs increases the originality of the …

Product development companies collect data in form of Engineering Change Requests for
logged design issues, tests, and product iterations. These documents are rich in …

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 …

In an experimental study of designing by adaptation, professional and student knitwear
designers were videotaped designing sweaters based on a Persian rug or a 19th century …

Creativity is a crucial element of design. The aim of this study is to investigate the driving
forces behind combinational creativity. We propose three driven approaches to …

In the field of design, the challenge in the ideation process is determining how to balance
between constraining a task and at the same time creating new paths for expression. The …