The structure of creative design: What problem maps can tell us about problem formulation and creative designers

Andreea Danielescu; Mahmoud Dinar; Christopher Maclellan; Jami J. Shah; Pat Langley

doi:10.1115/DETC2012-70325

The structure of creative design: What problem maps can tell us about problem formulation and creative designers

Andreea Danielescu, Mahmoud Dinar, Christopher Maclellan, Jami J. Shah, Pat Langley

Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, School for (IAFSE-SEMTE)

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Abstract

Problem formulation is an important part of the design process that has been largely underexplored. Similarly, the relationship between how designers formulate problems and creative outcome is not well understood. To shed light on what the process of problem formulation can tell us about creativity in design, we use the problem map model - A flexible, domain in dependent ontology for modeling the design formulation process - To analyze protocols from eight expert designers. In this paper, we discuss the effectiveness of using problem maps for coding design protocols and what the problem map model can tell us about the protocols of designers. In this exploratory study, we use the problem map model to code and analyze the problem formulation stage of the design process.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012
Pages	437-446
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2012-70325
State	Published - 2012
Event	ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012 - Chicago, IL, United States Duration: Aug 12 2012 → Aug 12 2012

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Name	Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
Volume	7

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Other	ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago, IL
Period	8/12/12 → 8/12/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Modeling and Simulation
Mechanical Engineering
Computer Science Applications
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Danielescu, A., Dinar, M., Maclellan, C., Shah, J. J., & Langley, P. (2012). The structure of creative design: What problem maps can tell us about problem formulation and creative designers. In ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012 (pp. 437-446). (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 7). https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2012-70325

The structure of creative design: What problem maps can tell us about problem formulation and creative designers. / Danielescu, Andreea; Dinar, Mahmoud; Maclellan, Christopher et al.
ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012. 2012. p. 437-446 (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 7).

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Danielescu, A, Dinar, M, Maclellan, C, Shah, JJ & Langley, P 2012, The structure of creative design: What problem maps can tell us about problem formulation and creative designers. in ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, vol. 7, pp. 437-446, ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012, Chicago, IL, United States, 8/12/12. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2012-70325

Danielescu A, Dinar M, Maclellan C, Shah JJ, Langley P. The structure of creative design: What problem maps can tell us about problem formulation and creative designers. In ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012. 2012. p. 437-446. (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference). doi: 10.1115/DETC2012-70325

Danielescu, Andreea ; Dinar, Mahmoud ; Maclellan, Christopher et al. / The structure of creative design : What problem maps can tell us about problem formulation and creative designers. ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012. 2012. pp. 437-446 (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference).

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