Mental synthesis and creativity in design: An experimental examination

Design Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 437-449

  Kokotovich, Vasilije ^a   Purcell, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creativity; Design cognition; Design research; Drawing; Mental synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012979102     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0142-694x(00)00017-x     Document Type: Article

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