Enhancing visual thinking in a toy design course using freehand sketching

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 267-276

  Taborda, Elkin ^a   Chandrasegaran, Senthil K ^a   Kisselburgh, Lorraine ^b   Reid, Tahira ^a   Ramani, Karthik ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SCAFFOLDS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TOYS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

CREATIVES; DESIGN COURSE; DESIGN TOOL; DETAILED DESIGN; ENGINEERING CURRICULUM; ENGINEERING GRADUATES; ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE; FREEHAND SKETCHING; PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN; VISUAL THINKING;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN;

EID: 84884638207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2012-71454     Document Type: Conference Paper

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