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Conclusion: Three C’s of Design Thinking
The final chapter in this book reflects on the findings, models and frameworks presented previously. The first part, “creative design thinking” revisits the results of two cognitive studies (Chap. 2) and the q...
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Introduction: Exploring Design Thinking
This chapter provides a background to the concept of “design thinking”, as it is defined and used in the field of design research. Thereafter, the chapter introduces three themes in design thinking—creativity,...
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Creative Micro-processes in Parametric Design
This chapter presents a detailed analysis of the actual, rather than theorised, relationship between cognitive activities and creativity in design. Focussing on parametric design, the chapter uses protocol dat...
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Collaborative Design: Team Cognition and Communication
This chapter examines two cognitive issues in collaborative design: team cognition and communication. It commences with a detailed review of past research, before develo** a new framework for design team cog...
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Design Thinking and the Digital Ecosystem
Because design thinking is contextual, insomuch as it varies depending on the tools being used and the environments that support it, there is a need to understand the cognitive impacts of any new platforms tha...
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The Language of Design Thinking
This chapter investigates the relationship between language and cognition in design. This is a critical topic for supporting effective multi-national design teams, and it also illuminates assumptions about des...
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Design Strategies and Creativity
This chapter uses the results of two studies to develop an understanding of different types of design strategies and their connection to creativity in design. Two sets of experimental data are used to capture ...
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Measuring Cognitive Complexity
Past research has theorised that high levels of individual cognitive complexity may result in heightened design thinking and creativity. The precise relationship, however, between cognitive complexity and crea...
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Design Thinking and Building Information Modelling
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an approach to computer-enabled multi-disciplinary collaboration, communication and coordination. A BIM model is a consolidated digital data repository of a design, whic...
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Design Thinking Across Borders
This chapter investigates cross-national aspects of design thinking, with a focus on three themes: design cognition, complexity and spatial language. The chapter uses a new method, a dual-coding system (design...