The Future of Transdisciplinary Design: Proceedings of the Workshop on “The Future of Transdisciplinary Design”, University of Luxembourg 2013

✍ Scribed by Lucienne Blessing, Ahmed Jawad Qureshi, Kilian Gericke

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 243
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents the state-of-the-art research in the field of transdisciplinary design, and highlights the challenges and issues from the perspectives of processes, people and products in transdisciplinary product design and development. It collates research papers resulting from the ‘Workshop on the Future of Transdisciplinary Design’ written by leading researchers in engineering design and product development. The papers provide examples and case studies from existing practices, as well as future perspectives towards the development of the complex and ever-changing domains of engineering design and product development, with an emphasis on transdisciplinarity.

 ‘The Future of Transdisciplinary Design’ contains a selection of research papers in the following areas related to transdisciplinary design:

 -Approaches

-Tools and methods

-Management and collaboration

-Distributed and culturally diverse teams

-Modeling, representing and managing information

-Education and training

 A transdisciplinary design process is a design process involving the integrated use of knowledge, methods and tools from various disciplines. Design of product/services increasingly requires cross-disciplinary collaboration, and integration of specialized knowledge from different disciplines is necessary to tackle complex and large scale design problems. This book provides a valuable reference to researchers, professionals and PhD students in the field of engineering design and product development. Design practitioners and those involved in product development in the manufacturing industry will equally benefit from the research presented as well as future advances in this research.

 

✦ Table of Contents

The Future of Transdisciplinary Design
Workshop Committee
Scientific Committee
Preface
References
Contents
Transdisciplinary Design Approaches
Opening up Design Methodology
1 Introduction
2 Current State and Critiques of Design Methodology
2.1 Consolidation is Required
2.2 Critique of Current Design Methodologies
3 Transferring Design Methodology into Practice
3.1 The Missing Link
3.2 Approaches to the Transfer of Design Methodology
4 Developments in Design Methodology
4.1 Context Dependent Adaptation of Design Methodology
4.2 Mindset Approach
5 Opening up Design Methodology
5.1 From Disjoint Research Communities vs. Design Practice to an Open Design Community
5.2 From Static to Dynamic
5.3 From Empirical Proof of Value to Community Shared Benefits
5.4 From Generic to Context Dependent
6 Conclusion
References
Design as a Common Denominator
1 Introduction
2 Case Study: Urban Development and Aerial Infrastructures
2.1 The Evolution of the Aerial Distribution System
2.2 The Contextual Environment
2.3 Problem Solving and the Dynamics of Multidisciplinary Teams
3 The Shortcomings of Disciplinarity
4 The Ambiguous Nature of Design
5 Transdisciplinarity: Feasible or Utopian?
6 Conclusion
References
Ineffective Collaboration in Multi-Disciplinary Teams
1 Introduction
2 Terminology Approach
3 Rationale
4 Research
5 Barriers to Multi-Disciplinary Collaborations
5.1 Communication Barriers
5.2 Uncertain Roles and Contributions
5.3 Discrepancy Between Self- Perception and External Perception
6 Trans-Disciplinary Design
7 Conclusions
References
Modelling, Representing and Managing Information in Transdisciplinary Design
Design of Information-Intensive Systems Involving Cognitive Aspects: An Emerging Opportunity for Transdisciplinary Cooperation
1 Introduction
2 Transdisciplinarity in the Context of Developing IISs
3 Cognitive Aspects and Issues of IISs
4 Simulating Cognitive Loads and Processing Times
5 Realizing Awareness of Mental Models in IISs
6 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Visually Augmented Analysis of Socio-Technical Networks in Engineering Systems Design Research
1 Introduction
2 Background/Related Works
2.1 Complex Networks
2.2 Complex Networks in Engineering Systems Design Research
2.3 Organic Visualisation of Complexity and Dynamics
3 OrganicViz Visual Analysis Tool
4 Case Studies
4.1 Information Evolution Traceability
4.2 Complex Behaviour Patterns in Information Seeking Activities
4.3 After-Sales Services for Supporting Open Innovation
5 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Selecting Models from Biology and Technical Product Development for Biomimetic Transfer
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review: Using Models for Biomimetic Transfer
2.1 Biomimetic Transfer
2.2 Model Definitions
3 Approach
3.1 Engineers’ Information Needs in Technical Product Development
3.2 Biologists’ Information Needs During Research
4 Selection of Biological Models
4.1 Hypothesis 1
4.2 Hypothesis 2
5 Discussion
6 Conclusion and Outlook
References
Transdisciplinary Design Approaches
Play and Transdisciplinary Understanding
1 Introduction
2 Transdisciplinarity and Complexity
3 Play in a Transdisciplinary Context
4 Serious Play
5 Methodology
6 Case Study on Exploration of the Guiding Principles Through Play
7 Reflections
7.1 Empirical Observations and Aggregation of Insights
7.2 The Facilitation of Collective Exploration
7.3 The Collective Concentration and Focusing
7.4 The Emergence of a Shared and Sufficient Language
7.5 The Emergence of Collective Understanding
7.6 The Emergence of Individual and Collective Commitment
8 Conclusions
References
The Elusive Character of Design Ideas
1 Introduction
2 Exploration
3 Relating and Naming
3.1 Richness, Complexity and Reduction
3.2 Saturday Special Edition
4 An Explorative Study
5 Analysis and Interpretation
5.1 Building a Shared Understanding
5.2 Design Vision
6 Conclusions and Recommendations
References
The Evolution of Systems Thinking in Interaction Across Disciplinary Boundaries—Cases from Space Industry
1 Introduction
1.1 Multi-Disciplinary Interaction Modelled as Boundary Management
1.2 Learning as Evolution of Knowledge and Thinking
2 Approach
3 Findings and Discussion
3.1 Multi-Disciplinary Quality of Interaction and Its Influence on Learning Systems Thinking
3.2 Awareness of Diversity and Orientation Towards Extra-Disciplinary Interactors
3.3 Reference Repertoire as a Measure of Systems Thinking
3.4 A Strategy to Foster the Multi-Disciplinary Quality of Interaction
4 Conclusion
References
Tools and Methods in Transdisciplinary Design
The Benefits of an Enhanced Design Methodology Applied to Innovative Product Development
1 Introduction
2 Approach
2.1 Building the First Models
2.2 Experimental Context
2.3 Benefits
3 Conclusion
References
Transdisciplinary Research—Buildings as Service-Oriented Product-Service Systems
1 Introduction
2 Buildings as PSS Mindset
3 Service-Oriented PSS
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
References
A Transdisciplinary Approach to Model User-Product Interaction: How the Collaboration Between Human Sciences and Engineering Design Could Improve Product Development for Physically Impaired People
1 Introduction
2 Human Centred Design—A Chance for Transdisciplinarity
3 Biomechanical Modeling to Evaluate User-Product Interaction
3.1 Fundamentals of Biomechanical Simulation
3.2 Human Motor Control and a Technical Implementation
3.3 Human Models with Performance Restrictions
4 Case Study: Design of a Bicycle Frame
4.1 Objective
4.2 Model
4.3 Results and Discussion
5 Conclusion and Outlook
References
Management and Collaboration in Transdisciplinary Design
Transdisciplinary Design: The Environment for Bridging Research Across and Beyond Design as a Discipline
1 Introduction
2 Review of the Literature
3 Hints from Multidisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Design Environments
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
References
A Comparison of Two Transdisciplinary Human-Centered Design Approaches for Poverty Alleviation
1 Introduction
1.1 Pioneering Organizations in HCD for Social Impact
1.2 Methods and Study Projects
2 The Design Process
2.1 The Project Brief
2.2 Inspiration
2.3 Ideation
2.4 Implementation
3 Analysis of Project Case Studies
4 Discussion and Future Research
References
The Concept of Product Experience in Industrial Goods Development
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Framework
2.1 Transdisciplinarity
2.2 Industrial Goods
2.3 Product Experience
2.4 Industrial Goods Experience Categories
3 Empirical Study
4 Discussion
References
Team Diversity in Transdisciplinary Design
Overconstrained and Underconstrained Creativity: Changing the Rhetoric to Negotiate the Boundaries of Design
1 Introduction: Requirements for Effective Collaboration
2 Creativity in Design
3 Transdisciplinary Design
4 A Comparative Approach to Studying Design
5 Collaboration, Understanding and Respect
6 How Constraints Shape Design Behaviour
7 Contrasting Design Processes Seen in Terms of Constraints
8 Conceptions of Design and Creativity as Barriers to Transdiciplinary Collaboration
9 Conclusion
References
Project-Based Design and Transdisciplinarity: Rethinking Approaches to Spatial Design Education
1 Introduction
2 Transdisciplinarity and Complexity
3 Real-Life Project: A Case Study
4 Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Methodology
5 Project-Based Design Case Study—The Designers Clinic and SpeeDesign
6 Discussion
References
Global Designers and Local Community: Bridging the Gap Through Information and Communication Technologies
1 Background
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches for Bridging Cultural Gaps with US Native American Nation
1.3 Literature Review—Technology to Support Comprehending Conceptions
2 Approach
2.1 Design Competition as a Design Experiment
2.2 The Competition Process
2.3 The Treatment: Technology Provided to Support Transdisciplinary Design
2.4 Data Collected
3 Findings
3.1 Who Are the Participants and What Do They Know About the Place and the Users?
3.2 What Did the Participants Ask About the Place?
3.3 Media
3.4 “Meeting the Place” —A Transdisciplinary Evaluation of Design
4 Conclusions
Bibliography