✍ Scribed by Rüdiger von der Weth
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
T he following contribution will concentrate on the earliest stages of the design process. In this way, the author hopes to answer some questions in connection with research on the design process. These questions arise from the following descriptions of what experienced designers do.
Dylla has provided a very detailed study on the behaviour of six designers with different designing experience 2,3 . He has identified typical approaches in seeking solutions. Dylla differentiates between 'generating variation' and 'correcting variation'. 'Generating variation' implies searching for several solution variants according to the requirements at hand. Thus 1 von der Weth, R 'Having a nose for good solutions-the development of individual strategies for the design process' in E Frankenberger, P Badke-Schaub, and H Birkhofer, (eds) Designers-the key to successful product development Springer, London (1998) 2 Dylla, N Denk-und Handlungsabla ¨ufe beim Konstruieren [The process of thinking and acting in engineering design] Hanser, Mu ¨nchen (1991) 3 Ehrlenspiel, K and Dylla, N 'Experimental investigation of designer's thinking methods and design procedures' (also in this
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