A novel approach to design creativity assessment

a comparative evaluation

Journal Article (2026)
Author(s)

Zhengya Gong (University of Oulu)

Ummi Latif (University of Oulu)

Milene Gonçalves (TU Delft - Industrial Design Engineering)

Georgi V. Georgiev (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, University of Oulu)

Research Group
Creative Processes
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2026.10460 Final published version
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Publication Year
2026
Language
English
Research Group
Creative Processes
Journal title
Proceedings of the Design Society
Volume number
6
Pages (from-to)
1021-1030
Event
19th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2026 (2026-05-18 - 2026-05-26), Dubrovnik, Croatia
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Abstract

Various methods are offered to measure design creativity. Nonetheless, a debate continues over the development of a trustworthy and objective method to mitigate the influences on the evaluation. Therefore, we propose and develop a novel tool and approach for evaluating design creativity, which reframes creativity evaluation as a structured and data-driven process. This tool represents a significant advancement in the evaluation of design creativity by mitigating objective factors. Importantly, our tool enables researchers and educators to adopt it freely and objectively for evaluation.