The term constructive design research captures what happens to design when it shifts from
building products, services, jewelry, interactive systems, textiles, fashion objects, etc. to …

This study is intended to provide in-depth insights into how design thinking and creativity
issues are understood and possibly evolve in the course of design discussions in a …

Engineers often need to discover and learn designs from unfamiliar domains for inspiration
or other particular uses. However, the complexity of the technical design descriptions and …

The pattern of information flow through the network of interdependent design activities is
thought to be an important determinant of engineering design process results. A previously …

Purpose This paper aims to present a methodology by which future knowledge flow can be
predicted by predicting co-citations of patents within a technology domain using a link …

Highlights•Empirical analysis of design activities in a community of 250 K users is
presented.•The analysis reveals a complex citation network of 150 K designs.•Collective …

Situatedness in design suggest that designing is situated within the design process or the
cognitive actions taken by the designer, the designer's expertise and know-how, the …

Ideation is core to the innovation process, and has been the subject of study across a range
of fields, from psychology to engineering. However, despite substantial progress in outcome …

The analysis of conversations during design activity can facilitate deeper insights into design
thinking and its relation to creativity. A semantic analysis approach was employed to explore …

Abstract Design thinking holds the key to innovation processes, but is often difficult to detect
because of its implicit nature. We undertook a study of novice designers engaged in team …