Environment-Based Design Methodology for Creative Design

基于环境的创意设计方法论

• 批准号: RGPIN-2014-04188
• 负责人: Zeng, Yong
• 金额: $ 1.75万
• 依托单位: Concordia University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=669633
• 关键词: Environment; Based; Design; Methodology; Creative

Innovation and creativity lie in the core of a nation's economy and an enterprise's competitiveness. Thus the significance of the research into innovative and creative design is self-evident. The question comes to if it is possible to conduct such research and how it should be effectively conducted. The area of my research is innovative product development. The ultimate goal of this research is to assist human designers in making innovative design decisions in a time-and-cost effective manner. In achieving this goal, my research has been conducted at three streams: 1) the basic research in discovering knowledge about design activities; 2) the applied research in developing Environment-Based Design (EBD) methodology; and 3) industrial applications of my basic and applied research.**The objective of my basic research is to discover knowledge about design activities, which leads to a science of design. This has been supported by my Canada Research Chair Award. This effort has led to a new theoretical model of creative design and a physiologically based experimental approach to understanding design activities. The theoretical model is based on a mathematical representation of and logical reasoning about design activities. The Physiological approach studies designer's behavior by using designer's physiological data such as heart rate variability (HRV), eye movements, Galvanic skin response (GSR), and Electroencephalography (EEG). **The objective of my applied research is to develop Environment-Based Design (EBD) methodology, based on the up-to-date knowledge about design activities. This has been supported by my previous NSERC Discovery Grants over the last ten years. The EBD includes three activities: environment analysis, conflict identification, and concept generation, which generate and refine iteratively the design problem, design knowledge and design solutions. A few technologies have been generated to support the three activities: 1) a roadmap to guide the collection of sufficient design requirements based on the environment in which the product is to work; 2) the Recursive Object Model (ROM) for extracting meanings of a design text; 3) effective strategy for eliciting design requirements through asking the right questions; 4) algorithms to transform a design text to computational models; 5) strategies to identify and resolve conflicts in design; and 6) approaches to produce design solutions. **The industrial applications of my research include providing novel and effective design techniques, tools and systems for innovative product development. The industrial projects have been supported through industrial research contracts and NSERC partnership projects. The EBD methodology has been applied to more than ten industrial projects from various sectors such as aerospace, medical devices, recruitment, construction, and municipality.**As a continuation of my previous research, this proposed research program aims to achieve the following three objectives:*Objective 1: to quantify the mental stress - creativity relationship along the entire design process;*Objective 2: to develop effective and efficient methods to enhance creative design process; and*Objective 3: to verify the effectiveness and efficiency of new methods for creative design.**The proposed research program will significantly impact on the evolution of design science and design innovation. Meanwhile, it will provide exceptional opportunities to train HQPs.

创新和创造力是一个国家经济和企业竞争力的核心。因此，研究创新与创意设计的意义不言而喻。问题在于是否有可能进行这样的研究，以及应该如何有效地进行。我的研究领域是创新产品开发。这项研究的最终目标是帮助人类设计师以一种时间和成本有效的方式做出创新的设计决策。为了实现这一目标，我的研究从三个方面进行：1)发现设计活动知识的基础研究；2)开发基于环境的设计（EBD）方法的应用研究；3)工业应用方面的基础和应用研究。**我的基础研究的目的是发现有关设计活动的知识，从而形成一门设计科学。这得到了我的加拿大研究主席奖的支持。这一努力导致了创造性设计的新理论模型和基于生理学的实验方法来理解设计活动。理论模型是基于设计活动的数学表示和逻辑推理。生理学方法通过使用设计者的生理学数据，如心率变异性（HRV）、眼动、皮肤电反应（GSR）和脑电图（EEG）来研究设计者的行为。**我的应用研究目标是开发基于环境的设计（EBD）方法，基于最新的设计活动知识。在过去的十年里，我一直得到NSERC发现基金的支持。EBD包括三个活动：环境分析、冲突识别和概念生成，它们迭代地生成和改进设计问题、设计知识和设计解决方案。已经产生了一些技术来支持这三个活动：1)一个路线图，以指导基于产品工作环境的足够设计需求的收集；2)递归对象模型（Recursive Object Model， ROM）用于提取设计文本的含义；3)通过提出正确的问题引出设计需求的有效策略；4)将设计文本转换为计算模型的算法；5)识别和解决设计冲突的策略；6)产生设计解决方案的方法。**我的研究的工业应用包括为创新产品开发提供新颖有效的设计技术、工具和系统。工业项目通过工业研究合同和NSERC合作项目得到支持。EBD方法已应用于来自不同部门的十多个工业项目，如航空航天、医疗设备、招聘、建筑和市政。**作为我之前研究的延续，本次提出的研究计划旨在实现以下三个目标：*目标1：量化整个设计过程中的精神压力与创造力的关系；*目标2：发展有效和高效的方法来加强创意设计过程；*目标3：验证创意设计新方法的有效性和效率。**拟议的研究项目将对设计科学的发展和设计创新产生重大影响。同时，它将提供培训hqp的绝佳机会。