Creative Design Thinking Research Articles

Exploration of Cultural and Creative Product Design Thinking in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Abstract In this paper, we use the inference rules and reasoning rules in the shape grammar to extract the elements of the cultural and creative product design, obtain the graphical elements of the cultural and creative product, import the determined graphical elements of the cultural and creative product of the inference object into Illustrator, use the pen tool to outline the morphological curves of the ornaments into paths, and at the same time organize the outlined morphological curves into the gallery. Aiming at the problem that it is difficult to obtain the optimal cultural and creative product design works in the cultural and creative product design based on shape grammar and using genetic algorithm to optimize the cultural and creative product design model. The optimization model of cultural and creative product design is empirically analyzed using simulation analysis based on research data and parameter settings. The results show that the scaling values (tx d 1, tx d 2) of the first layer in the optimal design parameters of the cultural and creative products are approximated to be the maximum value, and the optimal solutions in the samples are (3.61, 0.437) and (3.61, 0.268), respectively, which confirms that the optimization model of the cultural and creative product design can provide theoretical knowledge and reference value for the research of the cultural and creative product design.

Применение аддитивных технологий в процессе обучения инженерной графике

The article discusses the prospect of using additive technologies in the process of teaching engineering graphics. An overview of 3D printers, new opportunities in the educational process, as well as new professions related to 3D printing is given. The experience of conducting drawing lessons with the active use of 3D technologies in the educational process at school is described. According to this experience, the hypothesis is confirmed that additive technologies increase interest in the discipline, improve academic performance and understanding of the subject, develop creative abilities and design thinking.

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS’ AMBIGUITY TOLERANCE AND THEIR CREATIVITY: NEGATIVE CAPABILITY INSIDE THE DESIGN STUDIO

This research aims at shedding light on one of the needed skills inside the architectural design studio; that is, tolerance of ambiguity. Since design problems are characterized by complexity, unfamiliarity, and ambiguity; design process is described as a process where ambiguity is progressively resolved. Design process engenders negative feelings especially during experiencing states of not knowing and being stuck. However, most of architecture students, who are new to design process, find states of uncertainty and confusion threatening, annoying, and unnerving. Hence, the ability to navigate these negative feelings and work efficiently is important in creative design thinking. This skill is linked to a philosophical notion called negative capability; which means to have the ability to work amidst uncertainty despite the negative associations. Therefore, the researcher attempts to demonstrate the significance of negative capability, i.e. ambiguity tolerance, to students’ design performance via revealing its influence on their creativity and design behavior. The researcher aims at exploring the relation between architecture students’ attitudes towards ambiguity and their creativity via qualitative study. By recruiting 237 architecture students and assessing their ambiguity tolerance and creative thinking, the analysis revealed a significant correlation between the two variables.

The architecture of green space by medicinal plants in the university and its impact on people’s ealth, education and environmental in the Post-Pandemic Time

Medicinal plants have played an essential role in human healthcare as essential ingredients in traditional medicines and the combination of novel drugs. The architecture of the green space in the university is mainly aimed at the cultivation of plant species that have an eye-catching application. But the green space including medicinal plants in the university space has both effects on the physical and mental health of people and has a good view. It can also be used for teaching students. Therefore, the architectural style of successful herbal botanical gardens needs to reflect a broad understanding of botany and encourage creative thinking in garden design and interpretation. Medicinal Plants gardens are more than just a “pleasant place to visit” because of their unique combination of resources, and it offers a unique opportunity to use plants for human well-being. As a result, the architectural design of the garden may have an impact on its performance. The purpose of this article is to describe the effect of medicinal plants on people’s health and education, as well as their architectural design in universities.

Empathy Is Not the Way, Critical and Creative Thinking for Design for Sustainability Transitions

Empathy Is Not the Way, Critical and Creative Thinking for Design for Sustainability Transitions

Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence language model ChatGPT on the User Experience

This study investigates the integration of AI language model tools, specifically ChatGPT, in the Design Thinking process to evaluate their effect on product design. While previous research has primarily focused on Design Thinking, limited research has been conducted on the application of AI tools in the process.
 This study involved redesigning two previous projects using AI tools in the Design Thinking process. We conducted interviews with five designers and analysed ten Product Manager reports to understand the impact of using AI tools on one of the most popular innovation and problem-solving approaches called Design Thinking.
 The findings indicate that integrating AI tools into the design thinking process, specifically in the Define and Ideate stages, can improve the efficiency and creativity of the UI. However, the successful implementation of AI tools requires a combination of technological expertise and creative design thinking.
 The study emphasizes the potential for AI tools to complement human creativity and expertise in the design process, rather than replace them. The results contribute to understanding the appropriate application of AI tools in design and innovation while underscoring the importance of keeping humans at the centre of the process.

Enhancing student creativity through an interdisciplinary, project-oriented problem-based learning undergraduate curriculum

To develop the creativity needed to confront the multi-faceted challenges of 21st Century sustainable development goals (SDGs), university students urgently need a curriculum framed around their solving real-world problems, such as what a Project-Oriented, Problem-Based Learning (POPBL) curriculum offers. Moreover, to build a functionally sustainable future, students should develop creativity through an interdisciplinary lens. This study used a quasi-experimental design to explore the impact of an interdisciplinary POPBL course with a participatory design pedagogy on university students’ engineering creativity. Four professors from future studies, architecture, engineering, and education disciplines designed and implemented the experimental curriculum. The curriculum incorporated three key concepts around creative design thinking: participatory design, future thinking, and visual communication. The experimental group consisted of 19 undergraduate students in the Engineering Design for Society course. The control group of 23 Civil Engineering undergraduates participated in the Civil Engineering Design course. The findings are: (1) The experimental group received significantly higher creativity scores on fluency, flexibility, originality, and usefulness. (2) The control group's scores regressed on the post-test. (3) The experimental group's higher scores indicated that interdisciplinary POPBL instruction combined with participatory design pedagogy can promote interdisciplinary creativity. The researchers propose the term empathetic-future thinking to describe the participatory design pedagogy centred on community-based feedback and interdisciplinary communication and teamwork. By developing a sense of empathy for cross-domain cognition and the end-users of the design, students enhanced the originality and usefulness of their design. Educators should incorporate empathetic-future thinking to develop students’ engineering creativity for achieving 21st Century SDGs.

Effectiveness of the Use of Creative Projects as a Way to Develop Creative Design Thinking of Higher Education Students

Creativity training in many aspects relies on the education, school achievements and natural characteristics of each individual. In fact, the method of creative projects is one of the special techniques that can be actively used at the stage of university education. In research logical research methods were used: analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction. The article also uses the method of abstraction, which involves the ascent from abstract concepts and theses to concrete conclusions. The conclusions indicate that the effectiveness of the use of creative projects as a way to develop creative design thinking of higher education is quite high, and design thinking can be considered quite popular in the labor market. Many top managers point to the positive changes that have occurred as a result of its active use. At the same time, the paper also demonstrates opposing views of experts who consider design thinking to be only part of a larger process of creation, which does not need to focus too much.

Problems and prospects of the development of creative design thinking of higher education students in the conditions of digitalization

The modern development of education is focused on acquiring special work skills: quick adaptation to working conditions, ability to work in a team, thorough knowledge of digital technologies, which are combined in the design thinking. The purpose of the article is to analyze the problems and prospects of creative design thinking of higher education students in the conditions of digitalization. The work is written on the basis of the use of general scientific cognitive research methods and special pedagogical methods: analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, generalization, specification, abstraction, observation. The results of the study analyzed the importance of digitization of education and design thinking, the history of the concept of "design thinking" and the peculiarities of its use, problems of using digital education in design thinking. The conclusions summarize that the correct use of this technique can not only create a creative learning atmosphere but also affect its effectiveness in general. In order for the design thinking technology to be as effective as possible, we offer our own recommendations for its use: systematic identification of empathy by teachers for students, critical analysis of the application of this technique, its constant improvement, experimentation with various tasks.

Responsive Interior: Tactics for Adaptation and Resilience

Design disciplines continuously face challenges to demonstrate resilience in responding to rapid changes and complex issues in our contemporary world. The idea of responsive interior highlights the ability to respond appropriately to a particular context through various tactics to ensure its relevance and resilience for the present and future. Interior practices deal with intervention, adaptation, and alteration of existing conditions, as well as finding new uses and programmes that can be added to existing spaces. Behind such attempts, a series of responsive tactics has become necessary to gather knowledge and understanding of the existing qualities, which should be an important basis for appropriate interior programming as a tactical response. This issue of Interiority presents a collection of ideas and explorations that demonstrate various acts of adaptation performed in different interior contexts, as well as various tactical interior approaches to reuse and repurpose the existing. While the world is changing quickly, the interior design discipline must strengthen its capability to respond and adapt. Finding more tactics for new interior programming, reading thoroughly into the existing, exploring various forms of adaptability, and establishing more creative design thinking become crucial steps towards interior resilience in a constantly changing world.

Application of Wireless Network Based on Artificial Intelligence in Network Teaching of Preschool Education Manual and Aesthetic Education Practical Course

For preschool education majors, art and crafts are required courses. This course is a hands-on exercise that helps students develop their creative awareness, design thinking, and hands-on skills. At the same time, it provides learners with the teaching thinking mode of art and handicraft theme and the form of online teaching helps learners to construct the thinking mode of online learning. As a new teaching form, online teaching is gradually leading the reform in the field of education. However, the majority of present online teaching is simply a continuation of traditional teaching thought, relying on substantial teaching research rather than utilizing its particular advantages to develop and expand. Also, the connotation depth of traditional teaching may not involve the essential problem of teaching application itself—teaching methods and experience of acquiring knowledge. As a result, determining how to characterize an individual’s ability to acquire knowledge and successfully assessing the level of growth of an individual’s cognitive structure is critical to the development of a new generation of online education. In order to prepare for the next generation of network teaching, this article uses artificial intelligence and wireless networks to teach preschool education manual and aesthetic education practical courses through the Internet. From the perspectives of individuals and groups, two teaching case recommendation experiments are given. The experiment’s end result confirms the practicality and logic of the evaluation model described in this research, which is based on individual cognitive structure.

КОНЦЕПЦІЯ АВТОРСЬКОЇ МЕТОДИКИ ВИКЛАДАННЯ КУРСУ «КОНСТРУЮВАННЯ РАКЕТ-НОСІЇВ»

Substantive provisions of the author’s technique of teaching of design disciplines on the rocketry at the physics-technical faculty of Dniprovskyi national university are resulted. In particular, importance of application of the system approach to training, to formation at students of creative design thinking and to acquire graphic skills is underlined. Requirements to working out and successful protection of a term project, and also certification of students during term and year examination are formulated.

Research on Innovative Thinking of Ceramic Art Design Based on Artificial Intelligence

Ceramic product design is a method for creating the most functional, practical, and aesthetically pleasing product system out of ceramic materials. It is a conceptual, behavioral, and realization creative process. Design is a creative process, and designers’ use of creative thinking is what gives them their power. Ceramic design, as a sort of design, cannot survive without creative thinking in the face of a continually changing market environment and market demands. The unique design of ceramic products is not only a critical component in its qualitative leap but also a requirement for ceramic products to achieve a competitive edge in sales. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is now extensively employed in many industries, and designing ceramic products using AI technology as support is a new development route for the ceramic industry. This study explores the application of AI in the development of creative thinking in ceramic design, to provide theoretical support for related process optimization. Using AI, designers who play a key role in the development of ceramic product design can properly comprehend material characteristics, fully exploit technological boundaries, and recognize that technology can considerably encourage ceramic product design innovation.

Problem-Based Learning and Mind Mapping: Boosting Creativity in Architecture Education

This paper focuses on unlocking the creative potential of architecture students through an exploration of the Four C model of creativity. This model extends the traditional understanding of creativity and offers a comprehensive framework for fostering innovation in architecture. It introduces "mini-c" and "Pro-c" dimensions, highlighting creativity within the learning process and the attainment of professional expertise. Architecture demands a blend of technical skills and artistic expression for effective communication of ideas. However, nurturing creative thinking among architecture students faces challenges, including fear of experimentation and traditional teaching methods. To address these obstacles, the paper suggests integrating problem-based learning (PBL) and mind mapping techniques. PBL encourages collaboration and critical thinking, while mind mapping stimulates visual and associative thinking, aiding idea generation and organization. Additionally, the role of technology in architecture education is explored, emphasizing the benefits of mixed learning environments that enhance collaboration and creativity. Embracing technology readiness equips students with tools to tackle real-world challenges and create innovative designs. In conclusion, this paper underscores the importance of creative thinking in architectural design and its implications for the discipline's future. By adopting the Four C model, implementing PBL with mind mapping, and leveraging technology, educators can revolutionize architecture education, nurturing a new generation of architects prepared to shape the evolving world with imaginative and visionary designs.

Improving the Creative Thinking Skills of the Next Generation of Mathematics Teachers Using Dynamic Mathematics Software

The case study reported in the paper investigated the effect of Project-based learning on students training to be mathematics teachers, pursuing their final projects. The final projects had as an aim of designing attractive and interactive mathematics learning material. This study used a qualitative method to assess the impact on the trainee teachers in terms of their creative design thinking. The research made use of the Hawgent dynamic mathematics software package. The study participants were all students at Guangxi Normal University, China. The students were divided into three groups, each with four or five members. The results presented show that selecting material and combining it with art using dynamic mathematics software can improve the communication skills, problem-solving and creative thinking skills, and improve the prospective teachers' self-confidence. Moreover, it was found that prospective mathematics teachers need motivation and support during their projects' lifecycle and that motivation has a positive effect on improving self-confidence.

Knowledge interoperability and re-use in Empathy Mapping: an ontological approach

Design Thinking is a human-centered approach extensively used across different domains that aims at problem solving, value creation for stakeholders and innovation by fostering creativity. The most characterising and critical step along the Design Thinking process is the empathy phase, in which stakeholder analysis is performed by looking at a given scenario from the perspective of different stakeholders. Such a methodology enables a systematic information gathering and organization that results in a deep understanding of actual problems, needs and expectations from the target stakeholders. The uniqueness of problems and the need for situation-specific data makes knowledge re-use not always practical, even within the most consolidated and experienced environments. In this paper we propose an ontological support to empathy mapping that aims to (i) establish an interoperable fine-grained data layer among the different data collected throughout the empathy mapping process, (ii) enable multi-scenario analysis underpinned by formal specifications and (iii) further empower the process through semantic enrichment and integration of insight from multiple sources and contexts. We believe this is the first step to design and properly integrate effective computational and AI-based functionalities along the creative design thinking process, as well as to enable in practice richer and more sophisticated approaches (e.g. through social networks).

Creative Design Thinking Learning Model Integrated Immersive Experiential Marketing to Enhance Digital Entrepreneurs

This research is research and development aims to develop a creative design thinking learning (CDTL) model integrated immersive experiential marketing to enhance digital entrepreneurs’ competence. The research methodology are as follows: study CDTL process integrated immersive experiential marketing, study digital entrepreneurs, develop CDTL models, develop CDTL systems, and evaluate digital entrepreneurs' competence. The samples were 30 vocational diploma students of the business computer program of Intrachai Commercial College. The instrument was the digital entrepreneurs’ competence evaluation forms. Data were statistically analyzed with mean and standard deviation. The results indicated that (1) the CDTL process has 3 steps: preparation, implementation, and evaluation; (2) digital entrepreneur’s competence has 3 competence: digital entrepreneurship competence, digital competence, creative digital economy innovation; (3) the learning model efficiency score was at the highest level; (4) the students study through the learning model obtained digital entrepreneurship competence score at the highest level and creative digital economy innovation at a high level.

Design Hand Drawing Expression Techniques Under the Background of Informatization

The soul of hand-painted design is creative. Wonderful hand-painted design attracts people’s attention to the product and its content, impresses people deeply, improves the publicity effect of the product and enhances the attraction of the product. Creative thinking in hand-painted design is to create new ideas through imagination and association. This paper summarizes the development process of information application in hand-painted design, compares electronic digital technology and hand-painted design with examples, and analyzes and studies the production of product design from the application level of hand-painted art. On how to cultivate creative thinking and use information-based equipment to inspire creativity, this paper proposes to cultivate rich imagination and avant-garde creativity, control the picture rhythm, add characteristic elements in the hand-painted design, and make excellent hand-painted design works. At the same time, it is proposed that electronic digital drawing and manual drawing can not be used to make hand-painted design works to a certain extent It will not completely replace each other’s artistic status. If we can combine the two effectively, we can achieve eye-catching publicity effect. It shows that the performance of information technology in the design of hand-painted technology can improve the performance of the design of information technology the conclusion of strength and technique.

A study in contradictions: Exploring standards-based making in elementary classrooms

This paper explores the integration of interdisciplinary, standards-based making in elementary classrooms through an investigation of teachers’ navigation of contradictions between traditional academic practices and the playful, imaginative, and collaborative design thinking that characterizes making. Empirical findings are reported from a three-year, NSF-funded research project that involved the integration of standards-based Mobile Maker Kits into 15 elementary schools within a suburban-rural Southern school district. Drawing on a framework that recognizes making and formal learning as interactive activity systems, this qualitative study illustrates how teachers experienced and resolved contradictions as they integrated the kits into their classrooms. We conclude by discussing how integrating standards-based making provides opportunities for transformative learning that allows students and teachers to engage in creative production, design thinking, and experimentation.

The Design and Development of a Magic-based Teaching Method in Facilitating Creative Design Thinking

This design case introduces a design and development process of using magic performance as a method to facilitate students’ creative design thinking in user-centered design. Magic performance is used not only as a creativity stimulus for facilitating design flexibility but also as a guiding tool for facilitating the design process. Specifically, three design iterations are presented along with design challenges, design solutions, and a discussion of student experiences. A goal of this design case is to inspire other designers to develop similar interventions based on unexplored but meaningful activities, such as magic performance.