Biomimetics applies principles and strategies abstracted from biological systems to
engineering and technological design. With a huge potential for innovation, biomimetics …

This paper introduces a new perspective/direction on assessing and encouraging creativity
in concept design for application in engineering design education and industry. This …

There are obstacles to creativity: one of them is called fixation effect, the fact that some
knowledge about existing or obvious solutions is spontaneously activated and constrains …

Biomimicry is captivating. It evokes and attracts the interest of people around the globe, from
various disciplines, ages, and professions. It is made of the right ingredients: colorful …

In recent years, the works on design theory (and particularly the works of the design theory
SIG of the design society) have contributed to reconstruct the science of design, comparable …

Concept generation techniques can help to support designers in generating multiple ideas
during design tasks. However, differences in the ways these techniques guide idea …

Agriculture is facing increasing innovation challenges to meet current societal expectations,
yet very few design science studies are devoted to it. This paper highlights some of the …

Worldwide demand for notebook computers has outstripped that for desktop computers.
Today, notebook computer design and manufacturing is one of the most competitive of all …

This paper studies the influence of the type of method, intuitive or logical, used for idea-
generation on the final creative results. An experiment was developed in which 16 design …

In this paper we present new propositions about the ontology of design and a clarification of
its position in the general context of rationality and knowledge. We derive such ontology …