Abstract Design-by-analogy (DbA) is a design methodology wherein new solutions,
opportunities, or designs are generated in a target domain based on inspiration drawn from …

Highlights•Reviews a wide range of design creativity case studies.•Identifies related studies
from other disciplines.•Summarises valuable and little-known case descriptions.There are …

Guided by the dual pathways to creativity model (DPCM), this study explores how two
computer-supported scaffolds—prompts and cognitive group awareness—can enhance the …

Analogy is a core cognition process used to produce inferences as well as new ideas using
previous knowledge and experience. Ontology is a formal representation of a set of domain …

ABSTRACT Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence raise interest in its participation in
design activity, which is commonly considered to be complex and human-dominated. In this …

The word “robot” frequently conjures unrealistic expectations of utilitarian perfection: tireless,
efficient and flawless agents. However, real-world robots are far from perfect—they fail and …

Generative AI systems have been heralded as tools for augmenting human creativity and
inspiring divergent thinking, though with little empirical evidence for these claims. This paper …

Design fixation, a phenomenon describing designers' adherence to pre-existing ideas or
concepts that constrain design outcomes, is particularly prevalent in human-robot interaction …

Highlights•Represents the dominance of laboratory experiments in design fixation
research.•Reviews concepts of design fixation prior to the first laboratory studies.•Analyses …

Design is a highly nonlinear chaotic dynamic process with many possible solutions, some of
which can be creative. The chaotic nonlinearity of design dynamics triggers mental stresses …