Abstract
Design-by-Analogy (DbA) is recognized for its potential for fostering innovation. Previous work provides insights into how analogies assist in solving problems in engineering design and architecture. However, services currently add more than 65% of global economic value. Designers now face design problems not only in physical systems but transactional as well. This study expands our understanding of design practitioners' cognitive processes by exploring the development of innovative solutions for transactional problems using a DbA approach, via a semantic-word-based ideation method, on a relatively large expert sample size (n = 73) of transactional domain experts. The study shows correlations for semantic solution transfer, quantity of ideation, fixation, novelty and quality when developing solutions for transactional problems by means of DbA methods. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 232-272 |
| Number of pages | 41 |
| Journal | Design Studies |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2014 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- concept generation
- design cognition
- design methods
- design problems
- innovation