In Search of Design Inspiration: A Semantic-Based Approach

Setchi, Rossitza; Bouchard, Carole

doi:10.1115/1.3482061

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“…Some methods in supporting product design have been developed, such as using product design templates (Liu et al, 2011), systematic use of biomimetic approaches (Chakrabarti et al, 2005), searching for inspiring images (Setchi & Bouchard, 2010), and using 3D-CAD (Chang et al, 2016). Gerber and Martin (2012) offered design principles for creativity support in web-based product customization.…”

Section: Approaches Supporting Idea Findingmentioning

confidence: 99%

A literature review on individual creativity support systems

Kai

Nickerson

2017

Computers in Human Behavior

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Individual creativity support systems have been developed to facilitate creative work. This article reviews the various design requirements and approaches proposed for supporting individual creative work, as well as relevant creativity theories. Current creativity support systems use many approaches in supporting the collection of relevant information and the creation of ideas or artifacts. However, the designs are typically based on just a few creativity theories. Based on various creativity theories, we propose a new integrated framework for individual creativity support systems. This framework enumerates aspects, components, and features of creativity support systems.

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Section: Approaches Supporting Idea Findingmentioning

confidence: 99%

A literature review on individual creativity support systems

Kai

Nickerson

2017

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…It can be defined as the search for stimulation of originality and creativity. Setchi and Bouchard (2010) establish that the observation and interpretation of different sources of inspiration (e.g. patents), allow designers to form vocabularies and terms.…”

Section: Providing Inspiration: Overview Of Some Keyword-based Patentmentioning

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A new method for extracting knowledge from patents to inspire designers during the problem-solving phase

Valverde

Nadeau

Scaravetti

2017

Journal of Engineering Design

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Nowadays, patents are more than an industrial property protection, they constitute a considerable source of information. Several approaches deal with the extraction of pertinent information from patents, some of them translate that information into useful knowledge for problem-solving purposes. However, very few methods use a physical approach and a consistent analysis of the main function in the problem definition phase. This paper proposes a new method to inspire designers with ideas and analogous solutions. The objective is to contribute to solve complex technical problems by exploiting knowledge found in patent documents. The method is divided into three sections: problem definition, research and analysis, and innovation. The first two sections use iteratively a knowledge base formed by pertinent keywords related to the problem context, physical keywords from functional decomposition and physical analysis, and technological keywords recovered through patent analysis. In the third section, interesting patents are classified in a structured discovery matrix from the physical phenomena involved which are crossed in accordance with the related techniques found. The method is supported by a physical effects database of energy conversion and by evolution trends of technical systems. A deep offshore biphasic separator illustrates the method.

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“…As such, the cognitive processes involved in this level of (semantic) interpretation are difficult, if not impossible, to formalise using computational methods [18]. Consequently, methods that seek to recognise designers' interpretations, such as Setchi and Bouchard [19], are necessarily restricted with respect to context; they provide only limited allowance for the unexpected and unknown, and as such their capacity for supporting innovative design is questionable.…”

Section: Interpretation In Computer-aided Conceptual Designmentioning

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Shape Interpretation with Design Computing

Jowers

Earl

2014

Design Computing and Cognition '12

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How information is interpreted has significant impact on how it can be used. This is particularly important in design where information from a wide variety of sources is used in a wide variety of contexts and in a wide variety of ways. This paper is concerned with the information that is created, modified and analysed during design processes, specifically with the information that is represented in shapes. It investigates how design computing seeks to support these processes, and the difficulties that arise when it is necessary to consider alternative interpretations of shape. The aim is to establish the problem of shape interpretation as a general challenge for research in design computing, rather than a difficulty that is to be overcome within specific processes. Shape interpretations are common characteristics of several areas of enquiry in design computing. This paper reviews these, brings an integrated perspective and draws conclusions about how this underlying process can be supported.

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In Search of Design Inspiration: A Semantic-Based Approach

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Cited by 28 publications

References 31 publications

A literature review on individual creativity support systems

A literature review on individual creativity support systems

A new method for extracting knowledge from patents to inspire designers during the problem-solving phase

Shape Interpretation with Design Computing

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