Creative design engineering [electronic resource] : introduction to an interdisciplinary approach / Toshiharu Taura

Author:: Taura, Toshiharu
Published:: Amsterdam : Elsevier Science, [2016]
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (196 pages)

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Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Preface; Chapter 1: Purpose of Creative Design Engineering; Abstract; 1.1. Science and technology, products, and society; 1.2. Perspectives on design: analytical and synthetic methods; 1.3. The main questions: why do we design and why are we able to design?; 1.4. The design cycle model: pre-design phase, design phase, and post-design phase; 1.5. Requisite knowledge; 1.6. Structure of this book; Part 1: Motive of design and the design cycle model; Chapter 2: Motive of Design and the Design Cycle Model; Abstract; 2.1. Social motive and personal motive, 2.2. Outer motive and inner motive2.3. The design cycle model and missing links; 2.4. Continuous and non-continuous design cycles; Chapter 3: Aspects of Motive of Design: One Form of Inner and Outer Motive; Abstract; 3.1. One form of inner motive: complex networks of expanding associations; 3.2. One form of outer motive: latent functions and latent fields; Part 2: Theory and methodology of concept generation; Chapter 4: The Metaphor Method: Theory and Methodology of Concept Generation (First Method); Abstract; 4.1. Theoretical framework of concept generation using metaphors, 4.2. Methodology of concept generation using property mapping4.3. The practice of design using property mapping; 4.4. Multiple loops of design using metaphors; Chapter 5: The Blending Method: Theory and Methodology of Concept Generation (Second Method); Abstract; 5.1. Concept generation using blending; 5.2. Theoretical framework of concept generation using blending; 5.3. Alignable difference and nonalignable difference; 5.4. The practice of concept generation using blending; Chapter 6: Using Thematic Relations: Theory and Methodology of Concept Generation (Third Method); Abstract, 6.1. Taxonomic and thematic relations6.2. The role of thematic relations in design; 6.3. Methodology and practice of design using thematic relations; 6.4. Function design using thematic relations; Chapter 7: Abduction and Concept Generation; Abstract; 7.1. Deduction, induction, and abduction; 7.2. Abduction and design; 7.3. The relationship between abduction and metaphor; Chapter 8: Basic Principles of Concept Generation; Abstract; 8.1. The validity of categorizing concept generation methods into three types; 8.2. First-order concept generation and high-order concept generation, and 8.3. The significance of performing high-order concept generation8.4. Divergent thinking in creative design; 8.5. Analytical concept generation and synthetic concept generation; Part 3: Theory and methodology of conceptual design; Chapter 9: Methodology of Conceptual Design; Abstract; 9.1. An overview of design methodology; 9.2. Function decomposition; 9.3. Searching for solution principles; 9.4. Firming up into concept variants by combining solution principles; 9.5. Evaluating concept variants; Chapter 10: Basic Principles of Conceptual Design; Abstract

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9780128042670 (electronic bk.)
0128042672 (electronic bk.)

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10.1. Theoretical framework of conceptual design

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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