Dubious role of formal creativity techniques in professional design

ICDC 2012 - 2nd International Conference on Design Creativity, Proceedings

Volumn 1 DS73, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-64

  Laakso, M ^a   Liikkanen, L A ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Creativity techniques; Design practice; Design thinking

Indexed keywords

BRAINSTORMING; CREATIVITY TECHNIQUES; DESIGN CREATIVITIES; DESIGN PRACTICE; DESIGN THINKING; ENGINEERING DESIGN; PROFESSIONAL DESIGNERS; WORKING PRACTICES;

PRODUCT DESIGN; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84877693976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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