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- Axelsson, Louise, 1990, et al.
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The Characteristics of Excellent Designers - Findings from an Interview Study with Swedish Innovators
- 2015
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In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED. - 2220-4334 .- 2220-4342. - 9781904670711 ; 80:DS 80-08, s. 131-140
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Some designers are more successful than others. They have the ability to repeatedly generate new and innovative solutions to challenging problems. In this paper, we refer to designers who possess this level of skill as “excellent designers”. It would seem interesting to identify the characteristics of such individuals in order to better understand why they succeed while ordinary designer do not. However, there have been few published studies of excellent designers, and these studies have focused on one or a few individuals.In this paper, we account for a study of a larger group (15) of excellent designers. The aims were first to identify their particular set of knowledge, experience, working practices and personal characteristics and then to use the findings to generate proposals for how employers and educator can nurture excellent designers.
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- Noubarpour, Dennis, 1991
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Enhancing the balancing while synthesizing-process - A method development project
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In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED. - 2220-4334 .- 2220-4342. ; 7:DS87-7, s. 161-170
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- There exist many different product and concept development methods. Many of these do not target the performance and cost-balance between sub-solutions in a concept. The management of properties between sub-solutions do yield value in a cost-effective way since not all solutions for a concept is investigated. Moreover, there is a risk of conflicts between sub-solutions which can lead to costly loops. A concept development method, Balancing While Synthesizing-process was developed in the purpose to support balancing activities. Results from research projects showed one step in the process not being intuitive enough and further development was needed. A method development project was conducted to make the particular step more intuitive. The project also includes a digitalization of the process with the goal to achieve further improvements. This paper describes the enhanced version of the Balancing While Synthesizing-process and the benefits achieved realized by the method development.
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