This is a review paper of the field of research in expertise in design. There has been a
growth of empirical and formalised study of designer behaviour, and this paper focuses …

Highlights•Reviews progress in advancing an understanding of design cognition and
metacognition.•Identifies consistent evidence of core cognitive strategies in …

Design thinking is generally defined as an analytic and creative process that engages a
person in opportunities to experiment, create and prototype models, gather feedback, and …

This chapter is primarily concerned with develo** an understanding of design as a 'third
area'within general education. It compares and contrasts design with the other two well …

In this paper we report on an in‐depth study of engineering design processes. Specifically,
we extend our previous research on engineering student design processes to compare the …

The paper reviews protocol and other empirical studies of design activity, and summarises
results relevant to understanding the nature of design cognition from an interdisciplinary …

Little research has been done on how designers actually design. Much of design research is
concerned with computer-based models or is based on anecdotal evidence of the design …

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 …

The ability to design is widespread amongst all people, but some people appear to be better
designers than others. This paper addresses what we know about thisnatural intelligence'of …

Who does better in design, loners or teams? Different traditions, different tastes and different
beliefs are in disagreement on this question. Theories that deal with this subject, to the …