Functional Concept-Based Detection for Transformative Product Design

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keunho Choi ◽  
Kyoung-Yun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
New Product ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Technology Products ◽  
Design Paradigm ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Functional Concept

Cross-disciplinary technologies are noticeable phenomena in modern products, as found in renewable energy and electric vehicle industries. However, current conceptual design tools have been limited to respond these cross-disciplinary technology products. One of remarkable characteristics in this technology change is transforming an existing product with multiple cross-disciplinary technologies. This paper presents a new product design paradigm, called Transformative Product Design (TPD), to respond this phenomenon. In TPD, transformation is a design process to produce a new product (i.e., transformative product) from a base product by adding and/or converting functions/features with reference products or technologies. To accomplish the transformation process, this paper develops a new Functional Concept-based Detection method. Also, the proposed functional concept-based detection method is described with a case study in the context of transformative product design process.

scholarly journals Proposal And Validity Of The Product Planning Business Model A-POST ? The Application Of The Text Mining Method To Scooter Exterior Design

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Mari Nakamura ◽  
Masato Kuniyoshi ◽  
Manabu Yamaji ◽  
Kakuro Amasaka
Keyword(s):  
Text Mining ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Design Process ◽  
New Product ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Mining Method ◽  
Product Planning ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Exterior Design

In this paper, the authors propose the product planning business model A-POST, which captures the customers tastes exactly and reflects them in the styling design of a product. Specifically, the authors have created a new product design concept using the text mining method which analyzes customers opinions in a language state. As an example of the application of this research, the authors applied this method to the product design process of a new scooter and obtained the results shown.

Conceptual Process for Designing High-Technology Products

2015 ◽  
pp. 180-208
Author(s):  
Arsalan Safari
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
High Technology ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Technology Products ◽  
High Tech Product ◽  
Practical Design ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Technology Product ◽  
Effective Models

In this chapter, a systematic and practical design process and methodology is presented and applied to design a new high- technology product: a litter-collecting robot. Although considerable theoretical and practical models have been developed in product design and development, there are still limited effective models on the practical design process on a detailed level. This chapter elaborates on recent relevant research in the design methodology field and try to improve the details of product design process and apply it to a litter-collecting robot design. The detailed and practical approach demonstrated on the design of a high- tech product in this paper, can be applied effectively to the design process of industrial products.

scholarly journals Lamp Design from Wasted Fabric in Garment Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Jong Boonpracha ◽  
Somsakul Jerasilp
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
New Product ◽  
Garment Industry ◽  
New Materials

Garment Industry is one of the industries that have dumped a large amount of wasted fabric at least 30-40 kg / month. Wasted fabrics are caused by the process of sewing, hydraulic pumping, and flaws on fabric. Those wastes were not being used for any further utilization. The current work investigated the use of Upcycling, a process to converse waste material to become a new product with higher quality and environmentally friendly value, as a conceptual model in the design process and examined its value for Upcycling product design by looking at a case study project. The concept from the Upcycling framework study was chosen for the investigation in order to evaluate a case study: a wasted fabric lamp. The findings suggest that Upcycling was helpful for improving and developing a wasted fabric lamp throughout the design process: including idea development, decision making, and implementation. Based on the evaluation of 3 design experts, it was found that a wasted fabric lamp is appropriate for using new materials or raw materials that do not cause problems for the environment.

Case Study Regarding Functional Design Based on Knowledge Databases Achievements

2016 ◽  
Vol 834 ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Manuela Roxana Dijmărescu
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Transport Mechanism ◽  
Implicit Knowledge ◽  
Functional Design ◽  
Appropriate Use ◽  
Development Issue ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Product Design Process

When dealing with a specific development issue, designers have at their disposal a wide range of skills and their implicit knowledge, enabling them to conceptualize the appropriate solution pertaining to the problem. In developing and applying these solutions, the efficiency of the designers is often dependent on their appropriate use of analysis and creativity skills, their experience, as well as the existing knowledge stored in the company or other accessible databases. This paper presents a case study on a containers transport mechanism in order to highlight the activities, used tools and the advantages considered for the functional design based on functional-constructive knowledge stored in databases as a main phase of a new advanced product design process.

Development of a Template Design Support System

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norihiko Goto ◽  
Tsuyoshi Koga ◽  
Shin Okamura ◽  
Kazuhiro Aoyama
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Support System ◽  
New Product ◽  
Design System ◽  
Product Knowledge ◽  
Design Support ◽  
Design Support System ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Structure Knowledge

A major problem in product design is that the design process is not clear to designers. Therefore, every time designers develop a new product, they face difficulties in determining the order in which the product attributes should be determined, especially in the case of large, complicated products. This problem mainly occurs due to two reasons. First, the knowledge about past product designs is not well arranged and thus there is no way to utilize it. Therefore, this research focuses on developing a design support system that proposes a design process in which the designer can easily reflect the important attributes of a product while facing less difficulties in completing the design; this is done using a topdown design support system. In a top-down design system, the designer expresses the product knowledge using elements such as entity, attribute, constraint, interface, etc. Further, five types of knowledge are expressed in this system. They are: knowledge about product structure, knowledge about product entity, knowledge about product function, knowledge about product constraint, and knowledge about product design process. Since this research focuses on the design process, extracting knowledge about the product design process is very important. To extract this knowledge, we first compare the template of past products and the product currently being designed. Next, we calculate the consistency of the two models. Then, based on the results of the consistency calculation, we select and extract the available knowledge. We create a new process by using this extracted knowledge from the design template. It is possible to produce more than one process by combining the knowledge from more than one template. Finally, we evaluate the process from three perspectives: whether it is easy to reflect the customer requirements, whether the design conflict difficulty is small, and whether the design loop difficulty is small. Based on the evaluation result, the designers can select a process to design a new product. In this research, the ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system is used as an example. Further, a process that can easily design the important attributes with a smaller possibility of breakdown than the existing process is chosen based on the results of applying a model proposed by this research. A well-organized design process has been achieved in the OTEC example. Future works must focus on improving the evaluation of the design process and the method for expressing the design knowledge as a template.

scholarly journals DESIGN INNOVATION PROCESS RESPONDS TO UNMET NEEDS CREATED BY COVID-19

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Brown ◽  
Lisa Del Torto ◽  
Natalie Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Design Process ◽  
New Product ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Recent Case ◽  
Original Design ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Recent Case Study

This article presents a recent case study of the development and bringing to market of a new product through the design process of the author, Dan Brown, Ph.D. (Brown Sr.), a product design practitioner and academic with over 40 years of innovation experience, and his son Brown Jr., a business entrepreneur. This case explores how they collaborated as an entrepreneurial team to design and commercialize a novel PPE face shield using Brown Sr.’s Differentiation by Design research process. The article focuses on how design creates value and competitive advantage in markets by examining a recent case study of successful new product development arising from the COVID-19 pandemic -- providing adequate personal protective equipment (PPE).When seeking advantage in the practice of innovation, there is a creative quest that product design and development practitioners must address through their design process. Truly innovative and competitive new products are rare, as their design efforts often fall short of the original design aims. Brown Sr.’s past research has revealed that this creative quest often appears at the intersection of the existing knowledge boundaries of the user as well as the many less prominent stakeholders in the new product experience.Often framed as unmet stakeholder needs, this knowledge boundary appears when existing practice knowledge proves inadequate, but the development objective remains. These knowledge gap opportunities appear through detailed research of the problem, existing solution benchmarks, and stakeholders. They can also appear when the designer-researcher looks for them specifically. Finding these knowledge gaps and creatively conceiving advantaged solutions into competitively advantaged spaces or white spaces is the goal of this design process.This Case shares successful marketplace outcomes with Brown Sr.’s past research cases resulting from their design and development approaches. With a combined quantitative and qualitative research focus, this autobiographical case study builds on the insights available to the researcher. Autobiographic cases provide unique access to rich quantitative evidence of the design narrative and marketing histories gained from an insider’s view of industry practice.Competitive advantage and its role in innovation in the real-world laboratory of the marketplace provide the context for researching the process of this design-focused strategy. The process starts with reframing the fundamental problem, which was, in this case, how to rapidly produce millions of face shields in a matter of months; the Browns teamed up to create a viable and scalable shield solution for the masses.

Conceptual Process for Designing High-Technology Products

2019 ◽  
pp. 218-246
Author(s):  
Arsalan Safari
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
High Technology ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Technology Products ◽  
High Tech Product ◽  
Practical Design ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Technology Product ◽  
Effective Models

In this chapter, a systematic and practical design process and methodology is presented and applied to design a new high- technology product: a litter-collecting robot. Although considerable theoretical and practical models have been developed in product design and development, there are still limited effective models on the practical design process on a detailed level. This chapter elaborates on recent relevant research in the design methodology field and try to improve the details of product design process and apply it to a litter-collecting robot design. The detailed and practical approach demonstrated on the design of a high- tech product in this paper, can be applied effectively to the design process of industrial products.

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