Creativity in the design process: co-evolution of problem–solution
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Researchers and non-scientific actors build their own representations of the design issue, which evolve as the problem is being solved and new objects are being designed.
“Researchers and non-scientific actors build their own representations of the design issue, which evolve as the problem is being solved and new objects are being designed (Toffolini etal. 2020; Dorst and Cross 2001).”
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- Authors
- Dorst, K., & Cross, N.
- Affiliations
- Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)
- The Open University (GB)
- ORCID
- Cross, Nigel
- Venue
- Design Studies
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-09
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 425-437
- ISSN
- 0142-694X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2116104206
- Cited by
- 2,357
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 159 · 2025: 163 · 2024: 145 · 2023: 158 · 2022: 171 · 2021: 159 · 2020: 192 · 2019: 156 · 2018: 134 · 2017: 116 · 2016: 118 · 2015: 100 · 2014: 113 · 2013: 91 · 2012: 69
- FWCI
- 37.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Design Studies (publishedVersion)
- TU/e Research Portal (publishedVersion)
- Open Research Online - ORO (The Open University) (acceptedVersion)
- TU/e Research Portal (submittedVersion)
- OPUS - Open Publications of UTS Scholars (University of Technology Sydney) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Design Education and Practice
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Museology › Cultural and Communication Design Research
- Keywords
- design creativity, design process, problem formulation, originality, co-evolution model, industrial design, design quality, design protocols
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