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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,146 Views
15 Pages

14 December 2021

Universal design, as an important concept in product development, has been gradually implemented in various industries and firms, but most of the applications are aimed at the incremental innovation of product design. However, considering the differe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,525 Views
17 Pages

20 December 2022

Introduction: The spread of the COVID-19 virus and the supremacy of digital technologies have amplified global market volatility in all industries. This circumstance will have a lasting impact on students’ employability, so the education sector...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,636 Views
23 Pages

Innovative Urban Transportation Means Developed by Integrating Design Methods

  • Leonardo Frizziero,
  • Giampiero Donnici,
  • Daniela Francia,
  • Alfredo Liverani,
  • Gianni Caligiana and
  • Francesco Di Bucchianico

21 November 2018

The aim of this article is to apply some design methodologies to define, as a first objective, an optimized technical specification and then, as a second objective, to manage the transition from conceptual design to construction project of an innovat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,561 Views
25 Pages

17 August 2022

Conceptual design approaches the definition of an innovative concept design applied to a product intended for children’-=s recreational area, corresponding to a personal profile located around the age of childhood, namely aged 2 to 5. The case...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,666 Views
22 Pages

17 March 2024

The reasonable application of cross-domain knowledge tends to promote the generation of radical innovation. However, it is difficult to accurately capture the cross-domain knowledge needed for radical innovation. To solve this problem, this paper pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,313 Views
19 Pages

28 April 2023

Active learning is a set of activities that allow the student to actively participate in the learning process. Active learning can be implemented using various methods and strategies. design thinking is a creative human-centric approach used for inno...

  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
7,811 Views
15 Pages

21 August 2023

The growing demand for innovative and user-centric product design has led to a growing need for effective idea generation methods. In recent years, natural language processing (NLP) tools such as ChatGPT have emerged as a promising solution for suppo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,093 Views
25 Pages

6 August 2021

At least since the European Union’s Eco-Innovation Action Plan, eco-innovation has received increased attention from scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers alike. Eco-innovation offers many opportunities for businesses in terms of cost reduction,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,999 Views
12 Pages

Investigation of C-K Theory Based Approach for Innovative Solutions in Bioinspired Design

  • Prabaharan Graceraj P.,
  • Jacquelyn K. Nagel,
  • Christopher S. Rose and
  • Ramana M. Pidaparti

21 July 2019

This paper discusses the investigation of a Concept-Knowledge (C-K) theory based approach for generating innovative design solutions in bioinspired design projects. Undergraduate students enrolled in sophomore engineering design courses at both the U...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,233 Views
17 Pages

Despite the recognized importance of creativity in secondary education, the role of design as a faculty for teaching abstract creative concepts effectively is seldom explored in depth, hindering students’ development. To address these issues, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,967 Views
33 Pages

Sustainable Innovative Design of Elderly-Friendly Smart Medical Products: An Integrated Model

  • An-Jin Shie,
  • En-Min Xu,
  • Zhen-Zhen Ye,
  • Qing-Feng Meng and
  • Yenchun Jim Wu

2 September 2024

Under the promotion of combined medical and elderly care (CMEC) policies, the market demand for elder-friendly smart medical products as convenient intelligent healthcare devices is growing. However, most studies on elderly-friendly smart medical pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,702 Views
26 Pages

Sketch-Guided Topology Optimization with Enhanced Diversity for Innovative Structural Design

  • Siyu Zhu,
  • Jie Hu,
  • Jin Qi,
  • Lingyu Wang,
  • Jing Guo,
  • Jin Ma and
  • Guoniu Zhu

4 March 2025

Topology optimization (TO) is a powerful generative design tool for innovative structural design, capable of optimizing material distribution to generate structures with superior performance. However, current topology optimization algorithms mostly t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,839 Views
21 Pages

Innovative Food Packaging with Sensible Design to Reduce Losses and Waste

  • Luiz Eduardo Campos Filho,
  • Vitor Hugo Araújo Fernandes Silva,
  • Valentina Vinci,
  • Mariana Hiromi Yokota,
  • Ellen Rodrigues dos Santos,
  • Gabriel Vicente Bitencourt de Almeida,
  • Mariana Pilar Gatani,
  • Maria Teresa de Alvarenga Freire and
  • Juliano Fiorelli

15 May 2025

The search for innovative solutions to reduce food losses and waste remains a priority in the supply chain, yet past research has largely overlooked comprehensive packaging designs that address both operational and environmental challenges. Persisten...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,686 Views
8 Pages

15 September 2022

Aiming at the problems of the moving stability of the mobile station of the hydraulic press, the reliability of the mobile station clamping during the workpiece forging process, and the force requirements of the mobile station, an innovative design o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,784 Views
21 Pages

26 October 2021

The process of agricultural robot design is a complex system requiring the cooperation and integration of agricultural, machinery, automation, and information technology. These demands create great challenges for the innovative design of agricultural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,351 Views
17 Pages

An Innovative Parabolic Trough Collector Design with a Twin-Cavity Receiver

  • Dimitrios N. Korres,
  • Evangelos Bellos,
  • Panagiotis Lykas and
  • Christos Tzivanidis

7 December 2022

An innovative parabolic trough concentrator coupled to a twin cavity receiver (PTC-TC) in evacuated tube conditions is investigated thermally and optically. The suggested design is compared with a PTC design with a flat receiver (PTC-F) in order to e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,962 Views
25 Pages

29 December 2022

Innovative design-based education is a student-centered approach that aims to nurture students’ proactivity, creativity, and interdisciplinary integrated skills. The curriculum planning of a course in this study incorporated design-based learni...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,139 Views
14 Pages

15 February 2023

In recent years, a variety of emerging online media, such as TikTok, Kuaishou, YouTube and other short video application platforms, have appeared. The problem of short video addiction has become an issue to education experts and the general public, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,789 Views
17 Pages

28 December 2022

In order to increase their competitiveness, companies need to have five important capabilities in the product development process, namely, the ability to identify important customer and environmental requirements, convert them into technical requirem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,833 Views
24 Pages

18 June 2024

The present research aims to explore the dual potential of artificial intelligence-generated content (AIGC) technology in the esthetic reproduction of Ming-style furniture and its innovative design while promoting sustainable practices and cultural h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,617 Views
12 Pages

22 October 2020

Nurses and other health students may lack the proper time for training procedural tasks, such as peripheral venous access. There is a need to develop these abilities in novices so that errors can be avoided when treating real patients. Nonetheless, f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,323 Views
14 Pages

Recently many enterprises have been in need of design outsourcing services through which they can form creative ideas and innovations. In this respect, the innovation competency of design consulting firms is unprecedentedly regarded as a deciding com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
26,281 Views
24 Pages

8 November 2022

In business, innovation thinking is expanding beyond product innovation, and it is being marketed as a catalyst for unique user experiences, businesses, and organizational and cultural change. Product design and design-driven business operations requ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,008 Views
24 Pages

Research on Impact of Design Innovation Factors on Pure Technical Efficiency of Manufacturing Innovation

  • Bing Xu,
  • Siyuan Kong,
  • Zhiyue Ying,
  • Jiayang Chen,
  • Shihao Zhang,
  • Yuting Yan and
  • Jun Xu

22 August 2024

Context: Improving the pure technical efficiency in manufacturing innovation is crucial to achieving sustainable development in the manufacturing industry. Objective: We aimed to explore the impact of design innovation factors on the pure technical e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,817 Views
22 Pages

22 August 2022

The first main and secondary collaborative Y-shaped steel box arch bridge under construction in China is a rarely seen innovative practice among bridges already built at home and abroad, which is an attractive engineering research topic in the field...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,475 Views
16 Pages

30 June 2020

Design firms have been changing to become innovation consulting agencies, while business companies are improving their use of design innovation capacity for innovative problem-solving approaches. This study aims to identify how the organizational res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
10,392 Views
23 Pages

29 November 2018

In the age of knowledge-based economies, open innovation has increasing importance. This study aimed to explore the architectural design approaches that can revitalize innovation activities in the era of knowledge-based economies. This paper investig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,301 Views
27 Pages

Multi-Analogy Innovation Design Based on Digital Twin

  • Zifeng Nie,
  • Guozhong Cao,
  • Peng Zhang,
  • Qingjin Peng and
  • Zhimin Zhang

4 August 2022

Analogy-based design is an effective approach for innovative design. However, existing research on analogy design mainly focuses on methods to form innovative schemes, without considering feasibility or practicality in applications. This research pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,585 Views
20 Pages

29 November 2020

Design as a discipline has changed a lot during the last 50 years. The boundaries have been expanded partially to address the complexity of the problems we are facing nowadays. Areas like sustainable design, inclusive design, codesign, and social des...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,861 Views
13 Pages

Sustaining Thai Government Agency Innovation through Design Thinking Learning Effectiveness

  • Triyuth Promsiri,
  • Krisakorn Sukavejworakit,
  • Vasu Keerativutisest,
  • Thanaphol Virasa and
  • Krischanan Kampanthong

17 June 2022

Thailand’s 4.0 strategy intends to achieve prosperity, security, and sustainability for its citizens both today and in the distant future. By focusing on the public sector and its civil servants, the government is driving innovation in the publ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,461 Views
30 Pages

3 February 2024

As the imperative of sustainable development of cities has gained heightened attention within the global creative and cultural industries in the last decade, among all the relevant trials and practices, city design weeks are becoming a notable method...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,340 Views
12 Pages

Over the past few years, the internet and omni-channel domains have created a new economy that is growing rapidly and shifting the way in which businesses operate due to the influence of technological advancements and innovations. Now customers are e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
10,247 Views
19 Pages

11 August 2021

Prior research shows that creating innovative learning spaces that work well for pupils and teachers is a challenge which implicates different stakeholders. The aim of this article is to inquire into how educational visions evolve and are expressed t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,652 Views
31 Pages

A Trimming Design Method Based on Bio-Inspired Design for System Innovation

  • Peng Zhang,
  • Xindi Li,
  • Zifeng Nie,
  • Fei Yu and
  • Wei Liu

29 April 2021

The application of design knowledge determines the innovativeness of a technical scheme obtained by trimming (a tool for problem analysis and solving in TRIZ). However, limitations in the knowledge, experience and expertise of designers constrain the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,207 Views
23 Pages

Based on the theory of user needs and the product development mode and framework of mobile Internet interactive innovation, a new “reality → virtual → reality” interactive innovation product development mode is constructed. It d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
14,950 Views
18 Pages

22 December 2020

With the transformation of the industrial paradigm from the manufacturing industry to the service industry, many companies have utilized “service design” as an innovative performance tool to enhance customer satisfaction while increasing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,167 Views
23 Pages

23 June 2020

Design policy for innovation and prosperity has been acknowledged and adopted globally. Existing literature on design policy usually adopts a top-down perspective to analyse the components of the design innovation system and ignores the practical nee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,240 Views
12 Pages

28 December 2021

Researchers, designers, and engineers embrace the ongoing maker movement and view ‘grassroots innovation’ as essentially important for staying competitive in both academia and in industry. The research team gives full play to its expertis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,933 Views
20 Pages

Design for Social Innovation: A Systemic Design Approach in Creative Higher Education toward Sustainability

  • Fanke Peng,
  • Benjamin Altieri,
  • Todd Hutchinson,
  • Anthony J. Harris and
  • Daniel McLean

1 July 2022

The role and responsibilities of our creative Higher Education are evolving in our ever-changing society. Systemic design thinking equips our design students with the means to promote sustainable development objectives via engagement, community build...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,707 Views
25 Pages

12 December 2022

This paper outlines the path towards a method focusing on a process model for the integrated engineering of Digital Innovation (DI) and Design Science Research (DSR). The use of the DSR methodology allows for achieving both scientific rigor and pract...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,922 Views
29 Pages

1 February 2023

Enterprise innovation is a key driver of national economic growth. How to stimulate employees’ innovation vitality to improve the company’s innovation input and output has always been a hot topic. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,041 Views
25 Pages

Construction and Application of Enterprise Knowledge Base for Product Innovation Design

  • Lulu Zhang,
  • Runhua Tan,
  • Qingjin Peng,
  • Peng Shao,
  • Yafan Dong and
  • Kang Wang

22 June 2022

As most of the knowledge used in industrial product design is based on data files from a previous design, it is difficult to be efficiently applied in supporting product innovation design. This paper proposes a method to construct an enterprise knowl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
9,609 Views
15 Pages

5 July 2012

Design is a social phenomenon and researchers suggest that social interaction, negotiations and communication between designers are essential to initiate creativity. Within the design studio environment, a number of factors affect the healthy social...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3,938 Views
19 Pages

1 November 2023

It is widely accepted that service design is a discipline that is becoming increasingly recognized as a key element for productive collaboration between multidisciplinary stakeholders. However, it is difficult to understand the interplay between serv...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,045 Views
14 Pages

Application of the Safe-by-Design Concept in Crop Breeding Innovation

  • Jan Pieter van der Berg,
  • Gijs A. Kleter,
  • Evy Battaglia,
  • Lianne M. S. Bouwman and
  • Esther J. Kok

The present paper proposes the application of the safe-by-design concept to crop breeding innovation with the aim to accommodate safety considerations for new agricultural food and feed products. Safe-by-design can be implemented in all stages of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
8,068 Views
20 Pages

We aim to develop an innovative way to alter existing business models to conquer the growth limits of exponential paradox by applying the open innovation concept to the design of creative business models. Our research question is as follows: How can...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,359 Views
23 Pages

25 November 2024

The increase in greenhouse gas emissions prompts the transport sector towards new technological perspectives on personal mobility. Addressing sustainable mobility through electric micromobility requires interdisciplinary design research methods and a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,940 Views
19 Pages

27 February 2024

This research delves into the integration of green roofs elements and parameters with Building Information Modeling (BIM), a pivotal advancement in sustainable urban construction. Aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, partic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
994 Views
37 Pages

Study on Influencing Factors of Industrial Design Agglomeration on Manufacturing Innovation Performance

  • Jiayang Chen,
  • Bing Xu,
  • Shihao Zhang,
  • Wuzhenhang Chen,
  • Xingxia Wu and
  • Zhiyue Ying

15 September 2025

Context: As a pivotal productive service industry, industrial design is increasingly recognized for its enabling role in manufacturing innovation through industrial agglomeration. Objectives: This study examines the factors influencing regional manuf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,172 Views
17 Pages

Research on the Effect of Design Thinking on Enterprise Sustainable Innovation Ability and Team Performance

  • Xi Zhang,
  • Chenyang Liu,
  • Xiuyue Cang,
  • You Lyu,
  • Meng Zhang,
  • Zibin Chen,
  • Yue Yu,
  • Zhiyou Sun and
  • Yifan Xue

23 May 2024

Design thinking is an interdisciplinary problem-solving approach that combines user-centered focus, challenge framing, visual thinking, experimental methods, and cross-functional collaboration. It has always been regarded as an important means to imp...

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