Design and other types of fixation

Design Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 363-383

  Purcell, A Terry ^a   Gero, John S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Creative design; Design process; Fixation; Innovation

Indexed keywords

CREATIVE DESIGN; DESIGN PROCESS; FIXATION; INNOVATION;

DESIGN; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 0030264892     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-694X(96)00023-3     Document Type: Article

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