Emotion deep dive for designers: Seven propositions that operationalize emotions in design innovation

This paper presents a five-day intense course that teaches “emotion-driven design”<br/>(EDD) to graduate students with a broad variety of disciplinary backgrounds at the<br/>Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University. We introduce seven principles<br/>drawn from design-relevant emotion knowledge that informed the design of the<br/>course’s...

Scaffolding Pupils’ Spatial Thinking through Design: A Biomimicry Project for the Primary Classroom

Spatial thinking is embedded in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) learning. Design and Technology education inherently encompasses a wide range of spatial activities, such as mentally transforming objects and materials to form representations of design ideas, visually communicating ideas, and creating 2D and 3D...

3D Anthropometry In Ergonomic Product Design Education

The Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of the Delft University of Technology offers a bachelor’s degree education programme and three master’s programmes. Our students are lectured in ergonomics and learn to design and conduct research in ergonomics. In this paper we describe the development of methods to realise ergonomic fit mapping...

Reframing the Design Process: Integrating Goals, Methods and Manifestation into the Co-Evolution Model

In their early years of education, design students may experience difficulties in reframing design problems. Since reframing is linked to creativity, this may be problematic. While there are some models available to describe the reframing process, it is yet unclear how they are supporting design students. This study concerned the development and...

Effects of Convergent and Divergent Feedback on Creative Thinking During Children’s Design Processes

This paper explores patterns in the feedback preceding instances of design fixation in children (age 9 to 11) carrying out a co-design project. Our goal is to find ways to improve the early mastering of their divergent (DT) and convergent thinking (CT) skills, which in turn will help the children to develop their creative abilities. Previous...