Design by functional synonyms and antonyms: A structured creative technique based on functional analysis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Design by functional synonyms and antonyms: A structured creative technique based on functional analysis

Published:2007-04-01 Issue:4 Volume:221 Page:673-683
ISSN:0954-4054
Container-title:Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture
language:en
Short-container-title:Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Author:

Fantoni G¹,Taviani C²,Santoro R³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Mechanical, Nuclear, and Production Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

2. Magna Automotive Closures SpA, Collesalvetti, Italy

3. ESOCE-NET, Rome, Italy

Abstract

The present paper describes a technique based on functional analysis aimed at the development of creative ideas and breakthroughs in product design. Such an approach can also be used as a new structured brainstorming methodology for product development. New technical solutions can be generated and evaluated in the early design/redesign phases, influencing the whole product architecture and helping to identify critical ideas as well as weak points. The hypothesis is that functional description of products can be the foundation of a completely new design method based on lexical analysis and more precisely on the analysis of functional synonyms and antonyms. Functional analysis becomes the driving tool for specific design suggestions and improvements. Being highly structured, the method provides good grounds for problem solving: it guides creativity through codified steps and suggests directions of investigation.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Mechanical Engineering

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1243/09544054JEM635

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