Artificial intelligence (AI) and the automation of creative work have received little attention in
craft education. This study aimed to address this gap by exploring Finnish pre-service craft …

For industrial enterprises, the transformation to circular business models can be curbed both
by operational tools and the lack of relevant data. Lean thinking has offered great flexibility …

Visual impairment and blindness affects 285 million people worldwide, resulting in a high
public health burden. This study reports, for the first time, the use of three-dimensional (3D) …

Purpose This paper aims to investigate how manufacturing firms behave to mitigate
business risk during and post-COVID-19 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the global …

The relation between scientific research and engineering design is fraught with controversy.
While the number of academic PhD programs on design grows, because the discipline is in …

Highlights•Introduces the complexity of interactive device prototyping.•Analyzes a relevant
industrial case as the study context.•Presents a head-mounted AR-enhanced hybrid …

Optimisation of factories, a cornerstone of production engineering for the past half century,
relies on formulating the challenges with limited degrees of freedom. In this paper …

Conceptual design is an essential stage in the design process, and its ultimate success
largely depends on designers' creativity. Both physical and digital prototypes are commonly …

Prototyping serves as a critical phase in the industrial conceptual design process, enabling
exploration of problem space and identification of solutions. Recent advancements in large …

Abstract 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is an innovative technology that
allows for the construction of complex, three‐dimensional structures layer by layer using …