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Creative Design Thinking *

Creative Design Thinking *. * Directly from: EEIC Multidisciplinary Capstone Program. Introduction. What is C REATIVITY ? Create: To produce or bring about by course of action, To bring into existence something new, To produce through imaginative skill.

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Creative Design Thinking *

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  1. Creative Design Thinking* *Directly from: EEIC Multidisciplinary Capstone Program

  2. Introduction What is CREATIVITY? Create:To produce or bring about by course of action, To bring into existence something new, To produce through imaginative skill Creativity is the ability to bring into fruition one’s original, imaginative and/or expressive ideas and concepts to serve new purposes and/or fulfill a need. Ref: Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition.

  3. Who is CREATIVE? • Creativity in everyone • personal • social • cultural Knowledge  Creativity Engineers use their creativity to generate useful ideas and solve problems.

  4. Conceptualization of Creativity Generating a useful idea Problem  Product vs. Technology  Product Communicating the idea Words, Pictures, Construction Making the concept aesthetically appealing

  5. Ways to Becoming More Creative • Learn creative thinking techniques • Keep a daily journal/notebook • Indulge in relaxation activities • Maintain other interests • Read • Ask questions • Exchange ideas

  6. Obstacles to Creativity • Fear of criticism • Lack of confidence • Negative stress • Hectic environment • Rigid rules and barriers • Conflicting goals and objectives • Routine tasks Images: from OSU industrial design

  7. Techniques to Generate Ideas/Solutions • Notebook • Brainstorm • Attribute Listing • Drawing • Construction • Research and Lateral Thinking • Assumption Smashing • Fail Fast

  8. Technique 1- The Notebook • Keep notes on product goals • Sketches • Notes

  9. Technique 2- Brainstorming Rules of brainstorming • Free flow • Random ideas • Leap-frog • Piggy-back • Divergent thinking • Convergent thinking • Non-critical Images: from OSU industrial design

  10. Onions Peppers Olives Mushrooms Pepperoni Ham Bacon Veggies Meat Toppings Technique 3- Attribute Listing Classification Table: Classification Tree: Crust Hand tossed Pan Wheat Vegetables Onions Peppers Olives Mushrooms Meat Pepperoni Ham Sausage Bacon

  11. Technique 4- Drawing • Doodling- freeform drawing • Storyboarding • Mind Mapping

  12. Doodling

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  14. Mind Mapping tomatoes cheese lettuce bacon pepperoni sandwich dressing cheese pizza salad tomatoes lunch cheese cheese fried chicken soup vegetables burger rosemary rice pickle fries tomato cheese

  15. Technique 5- Construction Given a variety of shapes and sizes these techniques allow for quick rearranging: • Popsicle Sticks • Construction Paper • Foam Models

  16. Foam Models

  17. Technique 6- Research • Web Search • Patents • Solutions to similar problems in unrelated areas

  18. Patents

  19. Technique 7- Assumption Smashing Consider what happens to the design of a product or system if each of the assumptions are dropped one at a time. Fewer Limitations  More Creativity

  20. Technique 8 - Fail Fast • Trying many ideas • Free of limitations • Recognize other opportunities • Recognize failures early

  21. Creativity in Invention

  22. Summary “To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science.” Albert Einstein

  23. Summary • Defined Creativity • Ways to be more Creative • Techniques to be Creative • Notebook • Brainstorm • Attribute Listing • Drawing • Construction • Research and Lateral Thinking • Assumption Smashing • Fail Fast

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