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Creative cognition in design: processes of exceptional designers

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C&C '02: Proceedings of the 4th conference on Creativity & cognition

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Three case studies of creative design in engineering and product design are reported. The studies are of exceptional designers and comprise two retrospective interview studies and one protocol study. In each case, an example of the designer's approach to a particular design problem is presented. Comparisons between the three examples are drawn, and there appear to be some striking similarities, despite the very different project examples. A general descriptive model of creative cognition in design is developed from these commonalities.

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C&C '02: Proceedings of the 4th conference on Creativity & cognition

October 2002

212 pages

ISBN:1581134657

DOI:10.1145/581710

General Chairs:
Ernest Edmonds
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
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Linda Candy
Loughborough University, UK
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Terence Kavanagh
Loughborough University, UK
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Tom Hewett
Drexel University

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