TY - GEN
T1 - Understanding the creative mechanisms of design thinking
T2 - 2nd Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Design, DESIRE'11
AU - Thoring, Katja
AU - Müller, Roland M.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In this article, we analyse the concept of design thinking with its process, the team structure, the work environment, the specific culture, and certain brainstorming rules and techniques. The goal of this work is to understand how the creative mechanisms of design thinking work and how they might be improved. For this purpose, we refer to the idea of creativity as an evolutionary process, which is determined by generation (i.e., recombination and mutation), selection, and retention of ideas. We evaluate the design thinking process in terms of its capabilities to activate these mechanisms, and we propose possible improvements. This paper contributes to a better understanding of creative design processes in general and the design thinking process in particular, and will serve as a foundation for further research about creative mechanisms.
AB - In this article, we analyse the concept of design thinking with its process, the team structure, the work environment, the specific culture, and certain brainstorming rules and techniques. The goal of this work is to understand how the creative mechanisms of design thinking work and how they might be improved. For this purpose, we refer to the idea of creativity as an evolutionary process, which is determined by generation (i.e., recombination and mutation), selection, and retention of ideas. We evaluate the design thinking process in terms of its capabilities to activate these mechanisms, and we propose possible improvements. This paper contributes to a better understanding of creative design processes in general and the design thinking process in particular, and will serve as a foundation for further research about creative mechanisms.
KW - creative education
KW - design thinking
KW - evolutionary creativity
KW - innovation methods
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84855661525&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2079216.2079236
DO - 10.1145/2079216.2079236
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84855661525
SN - 9781450307543
T3 - Proceedings of the DESIRE'11 Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Design
SP - 137
EP - 147
BT - Proceedings of the DESIRE'11 Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Design
Y2 - 19 October 2011 through 21 October 2011
ER -