Design Signatures: Mapping Design Innovation Processes
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Author(s)
Silva, Arlindo
Wood, Kristin L.
Jensen, Daniel D.
Seow, Olivia Wen
Tiong, Edward
Teo, Kenneth
Yang, Maria C.
Date Issued
August 2018
Journal
Volume 7: 30th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology
Publisher
ASME
Citation
Seow, Olivia, Edward Tiong, Kenneth Teo, Arlindo Silva, Kristin L. Wood, Daniel D. Jensen, and Maria C. Yang. “Design Signatures: Mapping Design Innovation Processes.” Volume 7: 30th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (August 26, 2018).
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Abstract
Despite variances in contexts and styles of design activity, recurrent patterns emerge in design innovation approaches and processes which lend themselves to analysis and discussion. Using a Design Innovation framework [1] that is built, in part, on the UK Council's '4D' (Discover, Define, Develop, Deliver) model of design [2], we develop design signatures, graphical maps of design innovation processes. Design signature analyses of four multi-disciplinary industrial case studies illustrate the value of design signatures as useful design activity plots that can be used to plan and manage innovation teams and activities, and to identify critical features for reflection, for clarification, and for further analysis. This work is of interest to design practitioners, managers, researchers, and educators with various motivations, such as to seek a tool to convey and analyze design innovation activity.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
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https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2018-85758
