A further exploration of the three driven approaches to combinational creativity
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Author(s)
Han, Ji
Hua, Min
Shi, Feng
Childs, Peter RN
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Combinational creativity is a significant element of design in supporting designers to generate creative ideas during the early phases of design. There exists three driven approaches to combinational creativity: problem-, similarity- and inspiration-driven. This study provides further insights into the three combinational creativity driven approaches, exploring which approach could lead to ideas that are more creative in the context of practical product design. The results from a case study reveal that the problem- driven approach could lead to more creative and novel ideas or products compared with the similarity- and inspiration-driven approach. Products originating from the similarity- and inspiration-driven approach are at comparable levels. This study provides better understanding of combinational creativity in practical design. It also delivers benefits to designers in improving creative idea generation, and supports design researchers in exploring future ideation methods and design support tools employing the concept of 'combination'.
Date Issued
2019-07
Date Acceptance
2019-07-01
Citation
Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design, 2019, 1 (1), pp.2735-2744
ISSN
2732-527X
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Start Page
2735
End Page
2744
Journal / Book Title
Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design
Volume
1
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2019
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dsi.2019.280
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-07-26