Nowadays, patents are more than an industrial property protection, they constitute a
considerable source of information. Several approaches deal with the extraction of pertinent …

Current product design processes are demanding functionality improvements, in order to
make the difference in the market. This situation has led designers, engineers and specialist …

Cultivating creativity is the central problem of all design education, including service design
education. Obtaining design knowledge is an effective method to improve students' …

Patents represent a reservoir richly endowed with exploitable technical information, where a
structured exploration of inventions can unveil essential knowledge for solving industrial …

La extracción y formalización de heurísticos de diseño utilizados en el diseño es un área de
investigación cada vez más importante debido a sus múltiples posibilidades de aplicación …

This article focuses on the problem solving process in design. Today, enterprises face an
important need of innovation, as they have to regularly propose new products or new …

En mercados saturados, el diseño para las emociones, D+ E, es una alternativa para ofrecer
beneficios al usuario que otros productos competidores no presentan. No obstante, el D+ E …

La extracción y formalización de heurísticos de diseño utilizados en el diseño es un área de
investigación cada vez más importante debido a sus múltiples posibilidades de aplicación …

To support the introduction of magic in product interaction design, magic effects together
with technical clues is shown to be effective inspirations for 'creative and practical'products …

User interface prototypes aid several activities during the development process lifecycle.
However, there are still many manual activities performed during this process. This research …