Design fixation on non-verbal stimuli: The influence of simple vs rich pictorial information on design problem-solving

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference 2009, DETC2009

Volumn 8, Issue PART B, 2010, Pages 995-1002

  Cardoso, Carlos ^a   Badke Schaub, Petra ^a   Luz, Ana ^b  

^a FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL ASPECTS; DESIGN PRACTICE; DESIGN PROBLEMS; DESIGN QUALITY; EXTERNAL SOURCES; INDUSTRIAL DESIGN; NEW SOLUTIONS; PARTICULAR SOLUTION; PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION; VISUAL DISPLAY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77953799883     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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