TY - JOUR
T1 - Discovering design concept for immovable objects
AU - Nakamura, Jun
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by JST and CREST. Thanks to Masahiko Teramoto, ex-Senior Engineer at Nissan Motor, for helpful comments and suggestions.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We explore and discuss the possibility of discovering new design concepts for existing immovable objects. Existing immovable objects include such items as buildings or stadiums that are unable to be relocated. By analogy, the positional relationship of some automotive components, such as a door mirror or front lamp, are also unable to be changed. By introducing a web-based application, along with the map of a city or a drawing sheet, we propose a flow model for a design concept informed by art and architectural construction methods. We discuss how the flow model of such a design concept would be applicable for immovable objects by referring to cases of city design and automotive product design. We suggest that an intermediate level of knowledge is a key resource for discovering a new design concept based on connecting immovable objects with their surroundings, which, in this paper, refers to an object's entire context.
AB - We explore and discuss the possibility of discovering new design concepts for existing immovable objects. Existing immovable objects include such items as buildings or stadiums that are unable to be relocated. By analogy, the positional relationship of some automotive components, such as a door mirror or front lamp, are also unable to be changed. By introducing a web-based application, along with the map of a city or a drawing sheet, we propose a flow model for a design concept informed by art and architectural construction methods. We discuss how the flow model of such a design concept would be applicable for immovable objects by referring to cases of city design and automotive product design. We suggest that an intermediate level of knowledge is a key resource for discovering a new design concept based on connecting immovable objects with their surroundings, which, in this paper, refers to an object's entire context.
KW - Design concept
KW - Immovableness
KW - Surroundings
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U2 - 10.1016/j.procs.2014.08.175
DO - 10.1016/j.procs.2014.08.175
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84924096099
SN - 1877-0509
VL - 35
SP - 954
EP - 960
JO - Procedia Computer Science
JF - Procedia Computer Science
IS - C
T2 - International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, KES 2014
Y2 - 15 September 2014 through 17 September 2014
ER -