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A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR CREATIVE CONCEPT GENERATION AND EVALUATION

Part of: Design Support Tools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

J. Han ,
H. Forbes ,
F. Shi ,
J. Hao  and
D. Schaefer
J. Han*
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
H. Forbes
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
F. Shi
Affiliation:
Amazon Web Services, United Kingdom
J. Hao
Affiliation:
Beijing Institute of Technology, China
D. Schaefer
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
*
*Ji.Han@liverpool.ac.uk

Abstract

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Conceptual design, as an early phase of the design process, is known to have the highest impact on determining the innovation level of design results. Although many tools exist to support designers in conceptual design, additional knowledge, especially knowledge related to emerging technologies, is still often needed. In this paper the authors aim to propose a data-driven creative concept generation and evaluation approach to support designers in incorporating emerging technologies in the new product early development stage. The approach is demonstrated by means of an illustrated example.

Keywords

conceptual designdesign creativityevaluationdata-driven designidea generation
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Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference , Volume 1 , May 2020 , pp. 167 - 176
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