Forced lateral thinking - the use of random search methods in designing products

dc.contributor.author	Cox, Sara
dc.contributor.author	Hitchings, Graham
dc.date.accessioned	2012-11-13T15:13:06Z
dc.date.available	2012-11-13T15:13:06Z
dc.date.issued	1992
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10344/2670
dc.description	peer-reviewed	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Through a number of "participative learning" exercises, it may be demonstrated that the human brain can be very predictable in its modus operandii. This is an excellent attribute when considered as a conditioned response to a stimulii as in the case of a defence mechanism. This factor however militates against the brain by reducing its capacity to produce creative ideas. Subsequent exercises analyse shapes, develop abstract products, examine products in use and consider the re-design of products. The paper concludes that random search methods can aid the design process in forcing designers to think laterally.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	IEEE Computer Society	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 1992., Proceedings of the Third International Conference;pp. 470-477
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CIM.1992.639159
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dc.subject	art	en_US
dc.subject	bridges	en_US
dc.subject	cables	en_US
dc.subject	design methodology	en_US
dc.subject	humans	en_US
dc.title	Forced lateral thinking - the use of random search methods in designing products	en_US
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dc.type.supercollection	ul_published_reviewed	en_US
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