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| Preface | |
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| Creative Product and System Design | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What is Design? | |
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| What is a Creative Design? | |
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| Innovation versus Invention | |
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| Globalization | |
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| Teamwork | |
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| That's Not My Job | |
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| Project Scheduling and Management | |
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| References | |
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| Homework | |
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| Creativity and Design | |
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| Creative Mind | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Whole-Brain Thinking | |
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| Creativity | |
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| What Makes an Individual Creative? | |
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| References | |
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| Additional Reading | |
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| Reclaiming Your Creativity | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Mental Barriers | |
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| Types of Mental Barriers | |
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| False Assumptions and Nonexistent Limitations | |
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| Typical Solutions | |
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| Making Things More Difficult Than They are: Being Overwhelmed | |
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| Incomplete or Partial Information | |
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| Information and Sensory Saturation | |
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| Associative Thinking | |
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| Misunderstandings | |
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| Inability to Communicate Properly | |
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| Emotions-, Culture-, and Environment-Related Barriers | |
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| Fear of ... (You add the noun as you wish) | |
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| Orderly vs. Chaotic | |
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| Analysis vs. Synthesis | |
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| Falling in Love With an Idea | |
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| Improper Methods of Solution | |
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| Overabundance of Resources | |
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| Solutions and Related Mental Barriers for the Above-Mentioned Puzzles | |
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| References | |
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| Design Projects | |
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| Homework | |
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| Creative Problem Solving Techniques | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Brainstorming | |
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| The 6-3-5 Method | |
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| Morphological Attribute Lists (Menu Matrix) | |
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| List of Alternative Actions | |
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| Analogy (Case-Based Reasoning) Method | |
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| Random Attributes | |
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| SCAMPER Method | |
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| Create Your Own Slogans | |
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| Asking Questions | |
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| Incubation | |
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| Synectics | |
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| TRIZ | |
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| References | |
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| Homework | |
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| The Design Process | |
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| Initial Benchmarking: A Design Project | |
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| The Iterative Design Process | |
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| Finding a Need or a Challenge | |
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| Accepting the Challenge | |
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| Initial Study: Analysis of the Requirements of a Design | |
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| Quality Function Deployment (QFD), House of Quality | |
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| Specifications and Design Requirements: Development of a Problem Statement | |
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| Generation of Ideas | |
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| Analysis and Selection of Ideas | |
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| Analysis, Detail Design, and Planning of the Converged Solution | |
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| Realization of the Ideas | |
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| Assessment against Problem Statement and Verification | |
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| Iterations | |
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| References | |
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| Homework | |
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| Imagination, Visualization, Graphical Representations and Communication | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Imagination | |
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| Drawing | |
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| Engineering Drawings | |
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| Realistic Drawings | |
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| Perspectives and Location of Objects | |
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| Determining Depth in Perspectives: Scale Factors | |
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| Drawing Perspectives | |
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| Sketching | |
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| Put-it-in-the-Box Technique | |
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| Answers | |
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| References | |
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| Homework | |
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| The Design Environment | |
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| Design Considerations, Decisions, and Consequences | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Cost | |
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| Size | |
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| Weight | |
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| Material Selection | |
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| Methods of Fabrication | |
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| Physical and Structural Standards | |
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| Functional Standards and Expectations | |
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| Performance | |
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| Efficiency | |
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| Reliability | |
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| Company Image and Mission | |
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| Quality | |
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| Serviceability | |
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| Styling, Shape, Aesthetics, and Packaging | |
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| Safety | |
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| Human Factors | |
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| Environmental Effects (On the Design and Caused by the Design) | |
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| Disposability | |
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| Sustainability | |
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| Assembly D | |